I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.


Further Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1886-1889 (ed. 1929)


I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am,...

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am,...

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am,...

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am,...