I don't want to consider it a misfortune that it's turned out this way, on the contrary, despite all the emotion I feel a certain calm. There is safety in the midst of danger. What would life be if we didn't dare to take things in hand?
— Vincent van Gogh Modern

Post-impressionist painter

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Letter to his brother Theo van Gogh

Date / Period

1881

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Strange & Unusual

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https://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let197/letter.html

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