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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(10 February 1878)
... Caesar. This afternoon I was at Uncle Stricker's; I go
there rather often now that Uncle Jan is out of town and the
house is lonely again with Father gone.
It is foggy here today; luckily the weather was fine during
Father's visit so that we could... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 15-27 April 1882)
... without drawing the necessary studies.
Of course it causes me a great deal of worry and makes my
life far from easy when those whom I thought I could depend on
for sympathy, like Mauve and Tersteeg, become indifferent or
hostile and spiteful. I have not... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 10 October 1882)
... drizzling rain. But it is very beautiful.
But it's on days like
this that one would like to go and see
some friend or would like a friend to come to the house; and
it's on days like this that one has an empty feeling when one
can go nowhere and nobody... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(22 July 1883)
... Adieu,
Yours sincerely, Vincent
In fact, I have no
real friend but you, and when I am in low
spirits, I always think of you. I only wish you were here, that
we might again talk together about moving to the country.
Except for what... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(24 September 1883)
... here
for good.
Do write again soon. I
long to hear from you, for I feel
gloomy, notwithstanding the beautiful scenery. Adieu, with a
handshake,
Yours sincerely, Vincent
Remember me to Wisselingh when you meet him, and tell him... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(1 December 1883)
... very hard up, to use a mild expression. Add to this that particular torture, loneliness, and really you will no longer
be able to imagine me “well off,” either in
the present or the past.
I say loneliness, and not solitude, but that... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Paul Gauguin
(28 May 1888)
... to waste his time, it might be a good job. Being
all alone, I am suffering a little under this isolation.
So I have often thought of telling you so frankly.
You know that my brother and I greatly appreciate your
painting, and that we are most... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(5 July 1888)
... I shall read the whole of Balzac again.
When I came here I hoped it would be possible to make some
connection with art lovers here, but up to the present I
haven't made the least progress in people's affection. And
Marseilles? I don't know, but that may... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 26 July 1888)
... his letter gave me tremendous pleasure.
If you are alone in the country too long, you get stupid,
and though not yet - still this winter - I may become sterile
because of this. Now if he came, there would be no danger of
this, because there would be no... |
