Quotes from book

Lust for Life

“Normal people do not create art.”

“[They say I imagine — it is not true — I remember. ]”

“There's no love without pain.”

“It's so easy to love. The only hard thing is to be loved.
[Vincent Van Gogh]”

“Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones.”

“Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent; reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures.”

“How difficult it is to be simple.”

“Loneliness is a kind of prison.
[Vincent Van Gogh]”

“I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.”

“[Knowing how to suffer without complaining is the only practical thing, it's the great science, the lesson to learn, the solution to the problem of life. ]”

“You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe it turns out that was wrong, but still you would have done his, and it is most important.”