Quote of Vincent Willem van Gogh - One must never let the fire...
Biography - Vincent Willem van Gogh:
Dutch painter .
Born: 1853 - Died: 1890
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: Netherlands
Born: 1853 - Died: 1890
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: Netherlands
One must never let the fire go out in one's soul but keep it burning.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about soul:
At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
Quotes for: fire
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.
Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.
The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.
The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
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