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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(13 June 1873)
... the circumstances, I am doing pretty well. So
far the boardinghouse where I am staying pleases me. There are
also three German boarders who are very fond of music, they
play the piano and sing, so we spend very pleasant evenings
together. I am not so busy... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(January 1874)
... people who can do nothing but good.
I'm getting on very well here. I've got a delightful home
and I'm finding it very pleasurable taking a look at London and
the English way of life and the English people themselves, and
then I've got nature and... | Letters from the Van Gogh Family to Theo van Gogh
(1875)
... van Gogh to Theo
28 April 1875
Do you sometimes hear from Vincent? I never do. It seems to
me he has illusions about people and judges them before he
knows them, and then, when he finds out how they really are and
that they don't come up to the expectations... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(3 March 1882)
... I can
only get him for a short time.
It may be true that I don't have the knack of getting on
with people who are sticklers for etiquette, but on the other
hand perhaps I get on better with poor or common folk, and what
I lose on the one hand I gain on... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(6 July 1882)
... and
often even pour oil on the fire. I do not like to be in
company, and often find it painful and difficult to mingle with
people, to speak to them. But do you know what the cause is -
if not at all, of a great deal of this? Simply nervousness; I
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(3 January 1883)
... more, and then
we can talk about the future. You know well enough how unfit I
am to cope with either dealers or art lovers, and how contrary
it is to my nature. I should like it so much if we could always
continue as we are now, but it often makes me sad... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 20-24 February 1883)
... more
readily than I had expected.
If one had to deal with people only inside the studio! But
personally I cannot get on well with people outside of it, and
cannot get them to do anything.
I've been drawing a few figures, rather large-size, bust... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 15 May 1884)
... in her Bath chair to see my new studio.
Recently I have been getting on better with people here than
I did at first, which is of great importance to me, for one
decidedly needs some distraction, and if one feels too lonely,
the work always suffers from it;... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 7 December 1884)
... received specially for St. Nicholas.
I will begin by telling you that your letter greatly amazed
me - seeing that there have been no differences of any
importance between Father, Mother and myself, and as to the
Begemann ladies, they looked in on Father and... |
