Article by Dr. M. B. Medes da Costa
(December 2 1910)
... Vincent ought to have
another try.
But before long the trouble would start afresh, and then he
would come to me in the morning with an announcement I knew so
well, “Mendes, last night I used the cudgel again,”
or, “Mendes, last night... | Newspaper article
(April 12 1922)
... really don't care,
sir.”
Also, in those days he was always searching for some outward
means of self-denial and self-chastisement. He never sat down
at a table, but kept his copybook on his knees. ”Van
Gogh, do sit down at the table when you... | Exerpt from La vie tragique de Vincent van Gogh
(1939)
... and
lived like working people.
But our evangelist very soon showed toward his lodgings the
peculiar feelings which dominated him: he considered the
accommodation far too luxurious; it shocked his Christian
humility, he could not bear being lodged comfortably,... |
