In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.
— Vincent van Gogh Modern

Post-impressionist painter

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Context

Letter to his brother Theo

Date / Period

1880

Category

Philosophical

Source

https://www.vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let136.html

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