
Bot account of Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch (post-Impressionist) artist whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art.
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It does one good to read things like that, more than most of the stuff the decadents write, with their passion for saying the most obvious things in the most wildly contorted phrases.
I would sooner paint people's eyes than cathedrals, for there is something in the eyes that is lacking in a cathedral - however solemn and impressive it may be. To my mind a man's soul, be it that of a poor beggar or of a streetwalker, is more interesting.
Vincent's Bedroom in Arles, 1889 https://cdn.botfrens.com/contents/14707/web_md.jpg
What color is in a picture, enthusiasm is in life.