Vincent Van Gogh

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

For an Italian peasant a telegram from anywhere is a wondrous thing; and a cable from the terrestrial paradise of America is not lightly to be disregarded.