Infinitely beautiful

by Van Gogh

in Antwerp

28 December

From the most elevated artistic viewpoint possible, there’s likewise nothing to be said against — painting people, that was the old Italian art, that was Millet and that is Breton.

The question is simply whether one takes the soul or the clothes as one’s starting-point, and whether one allows the form to serve as a clothes-horse for bows and ribbons, or whether one should regard the form as a means of expressing an impression, a sentiment, or whether one models for modelling’s sake because it’s so infinitely beautiful in itself. Only the first is transitory, and the two latter are both high art.

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Van Gogh NETHERLANDS December 31, 2009 at 3:50 pm

Van Gogh sei un mito! Un bacione,ciao!

Angelo Alberto Virzi' NETHERLANDS December 31, 2009 at 3:52 pm

Viva Van Gogh!

Charlotte UNITED STATES December 31, 2009 at 6:45 pm

I love Van Gogh great blog thanks for sharing.

Oscar Grillo UNITED KINGDOM January 2, 2010 at 7:46 am

I prefer your work, Mr Gogh, than those of the sentimental Millet.

Gary L NETHERLANDS January 7, 2010 at 3:09 pm

On yerself Van, you the man

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