van Gogh's letters - unabridged and annotated
 
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(20 February 1874)
... I am glad you feel so comfortable at Roos's. As I already let you know through Anna Carbentus, you are quite right about those priggish girls. I also agree with you about Bertha Haanebeek; but watch your heart, boy. Have you seen Mr. Jacobson's collection...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(31 July 1874)
... been both a revelation and a Gospel. 'Il n'y a pas de vielle femme!'[There are no old women.] (That does not mean that there are no old women, only that a woman does not grow old as long as she loves and is loved.) And then a chapter like “The Aspirations...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(9 January 1878)
... and send it to me when you get it. Uncle Cor asked me today if I didn't like “Phryne” by Gérôme. I told him that I would rather see a homely woman by Israëls or Millet, or an old woman by Édouard Frère: for what's...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(8 February 1883)
... at least the crisis is past! Poor woman! If women do not always show in their thoughts the energy and elasticity of men, who are disposed towards reflection and analysis, we cannot blame them, at least in my opinion, because in general they have to spend so much...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 22 September 1883)
... for which I have an indescribable respect. I feel the same respect before the humble tombstone of Béranger's mistress, which I looked for on purpose (if I remember correctly, it is in a corner behind his own), and there I particularly remembered Corot's ...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 22-25 December 1883)
... try to encourage and fortify her. I see in her a woman, I see in her a mother, and I think every man who has the least manliness in him must protect such a one if there is an occasion for doing so. I have never been ashamed of it, nor ever shall be....

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