December 28th, 2011 at 8:29AM
And so I go on like an ignoramus, one who knows just one thing: within a few years I must have done a certain amount of work. I don’t need to rush, for there is no point in that, but I must carry on working in complete calm and serenity, as regularly and with as much concentration as possible, as much to the point as possible. The world concerns me only in so far as I owe it a certain debt and duty, so to speak, because I have walked this earth for 30 years, and out of gratitude would like to leave some memento in the form of drawings and paintings — not made to please this school or that, but to express a genuine human feeling. So that work is my aim — and when one concentrates on this notion, everything one does is simplified, in that it isn’t muddled but has a single objective. At present the work is going slowly — one reason more not to lose any time. — Vincent van Gogh (in a letter to his brother Theo, August 1883)
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