“I have Van Gogh's ear for music”
Stephen Fry (1957) English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
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[Vincent Van Gogh]”
Irving Stone book Lust for Life
Source: Lust for Life
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1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
two quotes, 16 July 1970; p. 77
1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch (1824–1903) Dutch painter of the Hague School (1824-1903)
version in original Dutch, Weissenbruch tegen Anton Mauve: Hij teekent verdomd goed, ik zou naar zijn studies kunnen werken.
a remark to Anton Mauve, who asked Weissenbruch to visit Vincent van Gogh and see his work
Source: J. H. Weissenbruch', (n.d.), p. 44, note 1
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Source: 1940 - 1960, Les frères Van Gogh, origine et justification', c. 1955, pp. 67-69
“It's so easy to love. The only hard thing is to be loved.
[Vincent Van Gogh]”
Irving Stone book Lust for Life
Source: Lust for Life
Antonin Artaud (1896–1948) French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director
Van Gogh, the Man Suicided by Society (1947)
Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) Peintre Néerlandais
Source: Quote of Mondrian about his 1890' years; in 'Mondrian, Essays' ('Plastic art and pure plastic art', 1937 and his other essays, (1941-1943) by Piet Mondrian; Wittenborn-Schultz Inc., New York, 1945, p. 10; as cited in De Stijl 1917-1931 - The Dutch Contribution to Modern Art, by H.L.C. Jaffé http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/jaff001stij01_01/jaff001stij01_01.pdf; J.M. Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1956, p. 40