“Through the lack of attaching myself to words, my thoughts remain nebulous most of the time. They sketch vague, pleasant shapes and then are swallowed up; I forget them almost immediately.”
Variant: Most of the time, because of their failure to fasten on to words, my thoughts remain misty and nebulous. They assume vague, amusing shapes and are then swallowed up: I promptly forget them.
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Jozef Israëls (1824–1911) Dutch painter
translation from the original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek
version in Dutch (citaat van Jozef Israëls, in het Nederlands): ..maar, ik moet ze [een schets van moeder met kind aan de borst] heel gauw terug hebben, want ik hecht eraan.. .Zoo'n schets is een deel van mijn leven; die blijft altijd. Die gebruik ik tien, twintig maal.. .'t Is een basis, waar ik op bouw.
Quoted by N.H. Wolf, in 'Bij onze Nederlandsche kunstenaars. IV. - Jozef Israëls, Grootmeester der Nederlandsche Schilders', in Wereldkroniek, 8 Feb. 1902
Wolf wanted to lent the sketch to have a good photo taken of it for his article about Israëls
Quotes of Jozef Israels, after 1900
Gino Severini (1883–1966) Italian painter
Source: The Life of a Painter - autobiography', 1946, p. 289
“We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.”
Sogyal Rinpoche (1947–2019) Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition
