I cannot help it that my pictures do not sell. Nevertheless the time will come when… — Vincent van Gogh
I cannot help it that my pictures do not sell. Nevertheless the time will come when people will see that they are worth more than the price of the paint.
In the original French
Je n’y puis rien que mes tableaux ne se vendent pas. Le jour viendra cependant où l’on verra que cela vaut plus que le prix de la couleur et de ma vie en somme très maigre que nous y mettons.
1888
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Van Gogh, Vincent. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Irving Stone and Jean Stone. Plume, 1995.
Original citation
Van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. 25 Oct. 1888.
