Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 20 January 1885)
... will go down as fast as it has
risen.
I've hardly ever begun a year with a gloomier aspect, in a
gloomier mood, and I do not expect any future of success, but a
future of strife.
It is dreary outside, the fields a mass of lumps of black
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(1 September 1888)
... have a very long lease on our
hands.
My heart often despairs when I think of what Gauguin will
say about the country in the end. The isolation of this place
is pretty serious, and all the time you have to hack each step
in the ice as you go from one... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(7 or 8 September 1889)
... used to
when I was with G. & Cie.
Life passes in this way, time does not return, but I am
working furiously for the very reason that I know that
opportunities for work do not recur.
Especially in my case, where a more violent attack could
... |
Lettre de Vincent van Gogh à Theo van Gogh
(c. 10 July 1890)
... moi réellement comme un évangile,
une délivrance d'angoisse,
que m'avaient causée les heures un peu difficiles et laborieuses
pour nous tous, que j'ai partagées avec vous. C’est pas peu de chose
lorsque tous ensemble nous sentons... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 10 July 1890)
... from Jo has really been like a gospel for me, a
deliverance from the distress caused by the hours I shared with
you, which were a bit difficult and trying for us all. [Earlier
in the month Vincent had gone on his last visit to Paris.] It
is no slight matter... |
