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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(mid August 1879)
... us were to become
closer on both sides. If ever I came to believe seriously that
I was being a nuisance or a burden to you or those at home, of
no use to anyone, and were obliged to look upon myself as an
intruder or to feel superfluous so far as you are concerned,... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 15-27 April 1882)
... they were
called treachery.
Theo, I am a man with faults and errors and passions, but I
don't think I ever tried to deprive anyone of his bread or his
friends. I have sometimes fought people with words, but
attempting a man's life because of a difference... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(30 May 1882)
... for last month, makes 12.50
guilders.
But not having up to now received any letter of yours since
that of May 12 th , I have nothing to pay him his
twelve guilders and 50 c. with. The man will surely not give me
any longer delay, but they can immediately... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(22 July 1883)
... Dear Theo,
Thanks for your letter, thanks for the enclosure, though I
cannot repress a feeling of sadness at your saying, “I
can give you little hope for the future.”
If you mean this only in a financial sense, I shouldn't mind
it so... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(22 July 1883)
... feels
miserable against one's will.
And now I thought,
I am sorry that I didn't fall ill and die
in the Borinage that time, instead of taking up painting, for I
am only a burden to you. And yet I cannot help it, for one must
go through many phases... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 26 September 1883)
... enough that we must give it up?”
Oh, boy, I am so melancholy - I am in a splendid country, I
want to work, I absolutely need it - at the same time, I am
absolutely at a loss as to how to overcome the difficulties,
when I think that all my things are... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 14 August 1888)
... you. I am sure she will enjoy herself.
It is a gloomy enough prospect to have to say to myself that
perhaps the painting I am doing will never be of any value
whatever. If it was worth what it cost to do, I could say,
“I never bothered my head about... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 29 August 1888)
... still life of
an old pair of shoes .
I have heaps of ideas for my work, and if I go on with
figure painting very industriously, I may possibly find more.
But what's the use? Sometimes I feel too feeble to fight
against existing circumstances, and I should... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(30 April 1889)
... saltpeter were
oozing from the walls.
That was a blow to me, since not only the studio had come to
grief, but even the studies that would have been reminders of
it. It is all so final, and my urge to found something very
simple but lasting was so strong.... |
