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I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

— Vincent Van Gogh

More from Vincent Van Gogh

  1. I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.
  2. I believe that it may happen that one will succeed, and one must not begin to despair, even though defeated here and there; and even though…
  3. How rich art is; if one can only remember what one has seen, one is never without food for thought or truly lonely, never alone.
  4. I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the v…
  5. How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
  6. I can't work without a model. I won't say I turn my back on nature ruthlessly in order to turn a study into a picture, arranging the colors…
  7. Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
  8. I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be a painter...

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  • choice
  • fate
  • adventure
  • life path

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