Vincent Van Gogh Quote
It is looking at things for along time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.
- Vincent Van Gogh
Who is Vincent Van Gogh ?
Vincent Van Gogh (March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter. He completed approximately 2,100 artworks before he committed suicide at the age of 37. Although his artwork was not appreciated while he was alive, he contributed to the foundations of modern art.
Van Gogh's early works had only a drab palette until he encountered the Impressionists and Neo-Impressionists in Paris, where he absorbed their vibrant use of color and style of painting, which then slowly developed into his unique personal style. During Van Gogh's stay in Arles, France, we can see in his works that this style became more mature. Most of his most famous works were created in the last two years of his life.
The unpopularity of the acclaimed artist's work during his lifetime exacerbated mental illness and poverty, and he ended his life at the age of 37 by committing suicide, leaving behind the phrase "La tristesse durera toujours" (The pain lasts forever). During his life, few people understood him and few people supported him, but it was this man who left behind a legacy of far-reaching paintings.
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Part of his famous work
Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers, August 1888. National Gallery, London
Tree Roots, July 1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Wheatfield with Crows, 1890. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
The Church at Auvers, 1890. Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Meaning of the quote
It can be a creative skill - although people in creation often add all kinds of creativity to their imagination, there is still no shortage of realistic foundations. Only through deep observation and understanding of all the details of the subject, forming the basis of creation, can we create more freely on top of that.
This also applies to the attitude towards the pursuit of the ideal. Van Gogh, or any artist for that matter, has spent his life in the pursuit of an ideal art and style, and this pursuit and progress has been based on constant observation. By observing, learning, absorbing, and then applying, we can continue to improve.
Beyond that, it's a truth in life - whether it's about people or things, it's important to be observant, to look deeply into the nature of the other person, and then to feel and think so that we can feel the deeper meaning that everything brings to us.
Deep observation also means not being distracted by appearances, which also means that we need to observe from multiple perspectives in addition to the need to observe for a long time. Because even if we observe for a long time, as long as we don't change our perspective and just observe blindly, we will only get one-sided information, only beer one but not comprehensive information, and we will never really understand the meaning of it.
