Head of a Peasant Woman, 1884 #vangogh #vincentvangogh https://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/head-of-a-peasant-woman-1884

Vase with Red Poppies, 1886 #postimpressionism #vincentvangogh https://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/vase-with-red-poppies-1886

Vase with Daisies and Anemones, 1887 #vangogh #neoimpressionism https://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/vase-with-daisies-and-anemones-1887

...to look at the stars always makes me dream, as simply as I dream over the black dots of a map representing towns and villages. Why, I ask myself, should the shining dots of the sky not be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France?

Luxembourg Garden in Paris, 1887 #postimpressionism #vincentvangogh https://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/luxembourg-garden-in-paris

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

There are certain times when it is far from clear to us that art should be something sacred or good.

Village Street, Sketch, 1890 #vangogh #vincentvangogh https://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/village-street-sketch-1890

If you work with love and intelligence, you develop a kind of armor against people's opinions, just because of the sincerity of your love for nature and art. Nature is also severe and, to put it that way, hard, but never deceives and always helps you to move forward.

Moulin de la Galette, 1886 #vangogh #vincentvangogh https://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/moulin-de-la-galette-1886