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Cobalt is a divine color and there is nothing as fine for putting an atmosphere round things.
Vincent van Gogh
December 28, 1885 Letter to Theo van Gogh
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Source Note: Van Gogh Letters archive

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If something in you yourself says 'you aren't a painter' — IT'S THEN THAT YOU SHOULD PAINT, old chap, and that voice will be silenced too, but precisely because of that.
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I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort—and disappointment and perseverance.
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September 9, 1882 Letter to Theo van Gogh, The Hague
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One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well, just as one can say comforting things in music.
Vincent van Gogh
November 12, 1888 Letter to Theo van Gogh, Arles
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