I've never felt a desire (and I don't believe I ever shall) to bring the public to my work... a certain popularity seems to me the least desirable of things.
— Vincent van Gogh Modern

Post-impressionist painter

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Letter to Anthon van Rappard

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1882

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.denverartmuseum.org/article/20-quotes-vincent-van-gogh

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