Advice for the Soul

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History of art / art & design styles | Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama) | Self-help & personal development

Published on 31^st October 2024 by Duckworth Books (September Publishing) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 192 pages
184mm x 120mm | 0g

'I have a certain faith in art, acertain trust that it's a powerful current that drives aperson - although he has to cooperate - to a haven ...'To Theo van Gogh, Sunday, 11 March 1883, The Hague Vincent van Gogh's steadfast passion for hiswork gave us a glorious body of paintings and sketches that demonstrateboth his growth and his greatness. But his letters show something equallyunique, a man who - despite considerable struggle - believed in theessential goodness of humankind. The quotes and images in this book, extracted from the Van Gogh Museumcollection, illustrate beautifully Van Gogh's artistic development, and his searchfor a deeper sense of belonging and fulfillment in life.

'But you must love with a high, serious intimatesympathy, with a will, with intelligence, and you must always seek to know morethoroughly, better, and more.'To Theo van Gogh, between about Tuesday, 22 and Thursday, 24 June 1880, Cuesmes