Quote in Vincent's letter to brother Theo, from Arles, Sept. 1888; as quoted in Vincent van Gogh, edited by Alfred H. Barr; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935 https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_1996_300061887.pdf, (letter 542), p. 39
1880s, 1888
“I can't see how a single man could spend his time to better advantage than in the Marines.”
1919
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“And the single string of the marine trumpets.”
Et l'unique cordeau des trompettes marines
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Alcools (1912)
“I can't see myself spending the rest of my life as a judge.”
A Silent Justice Speaks Out http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3664944&page=1.
1990s
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