As Britannica reported, van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in the Netherlands and didn’t start painting until he was 27 years old. Even though he started when he was older and only lived for another decade after he began, he created 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings in that time. Even if you don’t realize it, you’ve definitely seen a van Gogh painting before; he’s known for “Sunflowers,” “Bedroom in Arles” and “Wheatfield with Crows,” with maybe his most famous painting being “The Starry Night.” If you know van Gogh’s story and if you see the beauty and vibrancy of his paintings, you know that he was passionate about his work. And that’s the inspiration behind our quote of the day.
This then led him to start drawing by 1880, which led to painting. As mentioned earlier, he’s considered a Post-Impressionist artist, a movement that came in the late 1880s, after the “naturalism” of Impressionism, per the Met Museum. It broke free of those natural brush strokes that still featured realistic elements. Post-Impressionists used bold colors, abstract shapes and other techniques to create “natural” scenes or pictures through an abstract lens.
Despite the tragic last few years of his life, he left the world with his amazing art, which includes his paintings, drawings and even letters he wrote to his brother. And thanks to those letters, we know a lot more about his thoughts and feelings, along with how much he really was struggling near the end. But today’s quote gives us a glimpse into what van Gogh thought of keeping passion alive in your soul, which he displayed often through his work.
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Quote of the Day by Vincent van Gogh
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This quote appears in the book Letters of Vincent van Gogh, edited by Mark Roskill, which is a collection of letters written by the late painter in chronological order. All of them are to his brother and art dealer, Theo, who was also van Gogh’s “closest confidant,” the book’s description reads.
In the chapter titled “Early Years,” van Gogh wrote this line in a letter to his brother around the late 1870s. In the paragraphs before, he is telling Theo about how good it is “to love many things” because there’s strength in that: “whoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done…” He then tells his brother that it’s better to say and do things with significance, even if it’s in smaller quantities, than to do many things. Van Gogh then points out that loving what you do is essential to living well and being independent, and having a job you’re good at is overall important.
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Even though you can see glimpses of his depression in his work, his paintings didn't take on stale or dull colors or become dreary. His use of vibrant colors, even darker ones like the blues in “The Starry Night,” is what he’s known for, and where you can really see the fire burning in his soul.
And to translate this quote to people’s lives nowadays, it's saying that no matter what you choose to do with your life—if you love it and have passion, that’s what matters. And it’s important to keep that fervor alive in your heart. If you start living life without any fire in your soul or without any true driving force and purpose, then you’re living a dull life. We should all listen to van Gogh’s words to “keep it burning” and live with tenacity.
More Quotes from Vincent van Gogh
“The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”“Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.”“For loneliness, worries, difficulties, the unsatisfied need for kindness and sympathy - that is what is hard to bear…”“As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see.”“Well, do you know what I hope for, once I allow myself to begin to hope? [...] That you find in your love for people something not only to work for, but to comfort and restore you when there is a need.”“You can feel the stars and the infinity of the sky since life, in spite of everything, is like a dream.”“I have played hell somewhat with the truthfulness of the colours.”Up Next:
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