Creative Quotations from . It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to. . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures.
Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way. Scroll down for sources of quotations and special search engines. See also CQ's recommended links to biographical websites Van Gogh Search the Web.