Vincent van Gogh

"Let me go quietly. I am tired."

"My heart is at ease knowing you are at peace beside me."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

"Seek only light and freedom and do not build walls around you."

"I often think that the condition of man is like that of flowers in a garden."

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment."

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."

"The master's hand is in every brushstroke."

"What a miserable thing to be afraid."

"I find wandering very helpful to my thinking."

"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life."

"It is true that I am often hungry, but what of it?"

"One must have some familiarity with nature to be able to express it satisfactorily."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Every gnarled trunk is a triumph."

"I cannot but love nature."

"I dream of painting and then I paint my dream."

"There is peace even in the storm."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"In my life, I have had to endure hardship, but out of it, I've emerged stronger."

"Normality is a paved road: it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it."

"As we advance in life it becomes more and more important to keep our minds fresh and actively engaged."

"An artist just has to be selfish about his work."

"I would rather die of passion than of boredom."

"The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding."

"I want to be everywhere and do everything at once."

"The world changes us even as we try to change the world."

"My experiences have taught me that there are a lot of people that love this life."

"All my life I have had a dreadful need for beautiful things."