Quotes About Connection

Osecaj, cak i istancan osecaj za lepotu prirode nije jednak religioznom osecanju, mada verujem da su oba intimno povezana... gotovo svako poseduje osecaj za prirodu... ali samo malo njih oseca: Bog je duh, i onoi koji u njega veruju, moraju to ciniti i u duhu i u stvarnosti.

Dichiaro solennemente di non saperne nulla, ma dico che la vista delle stelle, mi fa sognare tanto semplicemente quanto quei punti neri che nelle carte geografiche rappresentano città e villaggi. E mi dico: perché i punti luminosi del firmamento dovrebbero esserci meno accessibili che i punti neri della carta di Francia?

I must tell you that even while working I think continually about the plan of setting up a studio in which you and I will be permanent residents, but which both of us want to turn into a shelter and refuge for friends, against the times when they find that the struggle is getting too much for them.

Rappard said to me, "A human being is not a lump of peat, since a human being cannot bear being flung into a loft to be forgotten there." And he pointed out that he considered it a great misfortune for me not to be able to live at home. Do please give that some thought.

When I came here I hoped it would be possible to make some connection with art lovers here, but up to the present I haven't made the least progress in people's affection. And Marseilles? I don't know, but that may very well be nothing but an illusion. In any case I have quite given up gambling much on it. Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone, except to ask for dinner or coffee. And it has been like that from the beginning.

If I were living near you, I should try to make you understand that it might perhaps be more practical for you to paint with me than to write, and that you might be able to express your feelings more easily that way. In any case I can do something personally about your painting, but I am not in the writing profession.

And do come as soon as you possibly can! P.S. to Gauguin. If you are not ill, do please come at once. If you are too ill, a wire and a letter, please. P.S. to Theo. Perhaps you will think the P.S. to Gauguin too curt, but let him say whether or not he is ill, and anyhow he will recover better here. Have you received my canvases???

Si realmente amas la naturaleza, encontrarás la belleza en todas partes

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwanderer, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

L'arte è l'uomo sommato alla natura.

There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears. Their presence reminds us that we are never really alone.

I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly' .

Maybe I didn't know her as well as I might have wanted. But I can tell you this: love mattered a great deal to Scarlet Montana. I think it must have mattered to Jake too. Because if love hadn't been important to them, they wouldn't have fallen to pieces when it suddenly abandoned them.

Whenever Lisa kisses me I feel like I'm levitating. It's a feeling I was never able to forget when we were apart and something I will never get sick of for as long as I live. Maybe even longer.

Ciò che più parla nelle parole è il silenzio.

Les morts font de ceux qui restent des fabricateurs de récits.

Tribalism is the strongest force at work in the world today.

A vida é a arte do encontro, embora haja tanto desencontro pela vida.

A tua presença é qualquer coisa como a luz e a vida E eu sinto que em meu gesto existe o teu gesto e em minha voz a tua voz.

Em algum lugar teu coração bate por mim Em algum lugar teus olhos se fecham à idéia dos meus.

Há pessoas com quem as palavras são desnecessárias. Nos entendíamos e amávamos mudamente, meu pai e eu. Talvez pelo fato de sua figura emocionar-me tanto, evitei sempre pisar com ele o terreno das coisas emocionais, pois estou certo de que, se começássemos a falar, cairíamos os dois em pranto, tão grandes eram em nós os motivos para chorar.

Life is the art of encounter, although there is so much mismatch in life.

A gente não faz amigos, reconhece-os