“You will say that I am not a success - vaincre or être vaincu, [to conquer or to be conquered], it doesn't matter to me, one has feeling and movement in any event, and they are more akin than they may seem to be or than can be put into words.”

1880s, 1884, Letter to Theo (Nuenen, Oct. 1884)

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Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890) 1853–1890

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