"Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model." ― Vincent Van Gogh Topic(s): Life Tags: inspiration, quench More From Vincent Van Gogh "I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create." "I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream." "In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing." More In Life "It is not length of life, but depth of life."― Ralph Waldo Emerson "Unrest of spirit is a mark of life."― Karl A. Menninger "The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one’s life."― Peace Pilgrim