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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(January 1881)
... to extremes that they resigned.
As you vaguely spoke to me some time ago about coming to
Paris, I must tell you that I wish no better than to go someday
soon, provided I were sure of finding some work there which
would give me a salary of at least... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(12 April 1881)
... thought.
Yours truly, Vincent
I am sending you three krabbelingen [scrawls] which are
clumsy as yet, but from which you will see, I hope, that I am
gradually improving. You should take into account that it is
only a short time since I started drawing,... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(early April 1882)
... either a blacksmith or a
physician.
I remember quite well, now that you write about it, that at
the time when you spoke of my becoming a painter, I thought it
very impractical and would not hear of it. What made me stop
doubting was reading a clear book... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(12 or 13 May 1882)
...
What I wanted to say to you again is this: I have no great
plans for the future; if momentarily I feel rising within me
the desire for a life without care, for prosperity, each
time I go fondly back to the trouble and the cares, to a
life full... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 2 or 3 November 1882)
... consult about what we can do with it.
I think it possible that within a relatively short time
there will perhaps be a greater demand for illustrators than
there is at present.
As for me, if I fill my portfolios with studies from every
model I can get... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 11 December 1882)
... substituted for moral grandeur.
I am beginning to feel that if I went, for instance, to
England, if I made every effort, I should certainly have a
chance of finding a job.
My ideal was to achieve this, and, after all, it still is;
this was... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 2 July 1883)
... and seeing something now and
then.
I sometimes think of going to England. In London they
publish a new magazine of importance, equal to the London News
and Graphic - the Pictorial News. Perhaps I could find
work and wages there, but who can give... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 11 July 1883)
... of it, and I should like to see
that.
As for my going to London sooner or later, for a shorter or
longer period, I agree there would be a better chance of doing
something with my work over there. I also think that I could
learn quite a lot if I could... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 August 1883)
... read Father's letter. In this
letter for you, I say again that more and more it seems to me
that not looking too far or aspiring too high is the most
practical and direct way to make progress with my work. It is
stimulating to think of London, know this well,... |
