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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890)

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Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890)

  • Sheet 1 of a letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (recto)
  • Sheet 1 of a letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (verso)
  • Sheet 2 of a letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (recto)
  • Sheet 2 of a letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (verso)
  • Sheet 3 of a letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (recto)
  • Sheet 3 of a letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (verso)

Popular quotes in this letter

Letter #743 To Theo van Gogh
. I well knew that one could break one’s arms and legs before, and that then afterwards that could get better but I didn’t know that one could break one’s brain and that afterwards that got better too.
sophia , idk Happy
Letter #743 To Theo van Gogh
Let me quietly continue my work, if it’s that of a madman, well, too bad.
Sycropia , Chelsea MI Happy
Letter #743 To Theo van Gogh
and I’m working furiously from morning till night to prove to you (unless my work is yet another hallucination),
Xan Loving