Vincent van Gogh on Family
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Vincent van Gogh, catalogued under family, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Vincent van Gogh, entry #44819: "Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it."
Attributed to Vincent van Gogh, entry #177752: "Now, such an enterprise as would be the drawing and printing of a series of, for instance, thirty pages of types of workmen, a sower, a digger, a woodcutter, a plowman, a wash-wom…"
2 Quotes by Vincent van Gogh on Family
"Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it."
"Now, such an enterprise as would be the drawing and printing of a series of, for instance, thirty pages of types of workmen, a sower, a digger, a woodcutter, a plowman, a wash-woman, then also a child's cradle or a man from the almshouse - well, the whole immeasurable field lies open, there are plenty of beautiful subjects - I should think the following would be the best way: as it is useful and necessary that Dutch drawings are made, printed, and spread, destined for the houses of workmen, a few persons should unite in order to use their full strength for this end."