I believe that one thinks much more soundly if the thoughts arise from direct contact with things, than if one looks at things with the aim of finding this or that in them.


The Symbolic Language of Vincent Van Gogh (ed. London, Hudson, 1963)


I believe that one thinks much more soundly if the thoughts arise from direct contact with things, than if one looks at things with the aim of...

I believe that one thinks much more soundly if the thoughts arise from direct contact with things, than if one looks at things with the aim of...

I believe that one thinks much more soundly if the thoughts arise from direct contact with things, than if one looks at things with the aim of...

I believe that one thinks much more soundly if the thoughts arise from direct contact with things, than if one looks at things with the aim of...