Love is eternal -- the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work.
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Self-portrait dedicated to Paul Gauguin
25 x 32
Dear Paul, as we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
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25 x 32
Dear Paul, as we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
Self-portrait with Palette
1889
I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove. I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly'.
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1889
I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove. I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly'.
Self-portrait as an Artist
1888
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
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1888
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
Self-portrait 1887
29 x 35
And the memories of all we have loved stay and come back to us in the evening of our life. They are not dead but sleep, and it is well to gather a treasure of them.
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29 x 35
And the memories of all we have loved stay and come back to us in the evening of our life. They are not dead but sleep, and it is well to gather a treasure of them.
