"Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all."
could someone explain this to me, or tell me what you think it means? im not quite sure ....
but i know it's from a letter that he wrote to his brother. Wiki didn't help by the way.
2007-08-29 14:50:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Following a bout of illness, Van Gogh felt renewed and he wrote to his brother about how invigorated he was after painting, "The Starry Nights." He did the painting while in an Asylum at Saint-Remy in 1889.
There's no mystery in his meaning; it is quite literal. He painted the infinity he saw in the sky and he found the twinkling stars in the sky enchanting.
2007-08-29 15:08:30 · answer #1 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vincent Van Gogh Qoutes
2016-12-11 15:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
be aware that there is something beyond the stars, an infinite being that is more powerful than you or i. once you realise this you will see the true beauty of the world and everything around you. that's what it could mean, well, what it means to me anyway.
it could however, mean that he was mad as a hatter and had just decided to chop his own ear off! either one works!
2007-08-30 04:14:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means look at your blessings and life is great after-all.
Don't believe it though, Van Gogh was crazy. He put a bullet through his head, missed his brain and bled to death in a wheat field in his brother's arms. He also gave his right ear to his girlfriend.
2007-08-29 15:00:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
first of all, he was clinically depressed (manic), or maybe just insane...he cut off part of his ear to give to a prostitute he was obsessed with (also he had VD and could only buy sex) BUT SOMETIMES THE CRAZY ONES GET IT BETTER THAN THE REST OF US...
to me it seems to be about perspective... realizing how small you are in an infinate universe and marveling at the simple gift of existence
2007-08-29 15:01:31 · answer #5 · answered by allitnil_42 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
life is empty yet my love for god, for nature, for shade, will make me combat for an prolonged time, and whilst finally the international began to nicely known my genius skills the international felt extra empty than ever and that i had to shoot myself yet purely once I won
2016-10-17 06:37:27 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me as if he is saying, beware of fame and adulation
2007-08-29 14:59:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-24 13:59:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋