Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (22 July 1883) ... must
not only manage to live ten days on it, but I have so many
things to pay for at once that from the start those ten days
which are ahead are bound to mean starvation. And the woman has
to nurse the baby, and the baby is strong and growing, and...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (23 July 1883) ... and then, as soon as I receive the usual amount, I have to
pay out so much that little is left for the ten days ahead, on
the last of which one walks around with a very weak, faint
feeling in one's stomach, and then such a path through the
dunes gets...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (24 or 25 July 1883) ... it will be high time to use it.
For my strength is
failing, it is abnormal for me to get
tired when I've walked a short distance - e.g. from here to the
post office - but that is actually the case. Oh, I don't give
in of course, but I must...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (27 July 1883) ... think
it's a question of a few days.
In a few days, when I shall have had some more nourishing
food than recently, I think I shall get rid of my worst
depression; but it is more deeply rooted than that, and I
wish I could get to the point...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (c. 2 August 1883) ... too. Well, it's nothing but weakness. I have
repeatedly put off taking more nourishing food because there
were other things more pressing, but it has lasted a little too
long.
But you will understand that the work is rather important,
...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (c. 11 August 1883) ... life could
be to preserve my health, I meant that there are circumstances
when one has to choose between one's work and having nothing to
eat, or between eating and dropping one's work (namely, when
the work brings expenses and for the moment...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (c. 15 December 1885) ... c. 15 December 1885
Dear Theo,
Today for the
first time I feel rather faint - I had painted
a picture of “Het Steen” and went to show it to
some dealers. ...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (c. 19 December 1885) ... one might have to earn
something.
But whatever and wherever I may want to start, of course I
must have things to show. Because I need all my good spirits,
all my vitality, I must confess I am afraid of feeling
physically weak.
...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (28 December 1885) ... the only way to
ensure real progress.
I've discovered that my appetite has been held in check a
bit too long and when I received your money I couldn't stomach
any food. But I shall certainly do my best to remedy that. it
doesn't take...
