To get it down on paper, no matter how crudely. Now for the first time, I've begun to...
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Vincent Van Gogh:
[In letter]
Dear Theo, You were right. It's so good to be home, to live in peace for a time. Once again, thanks to you, life seems precious to me - something to be valued and loved. Once again I'm working. You know how for years, whenever I saw anything that moved me, I felt the need to draw it: to get it down on paper, no matter how crudely. Now for the first time, I've begun to wonder - could this be the way for me? A man or woman at work; some furrows in a plowed field; a bit of sand, sea, or sky - these are subjects so difficult, and at the same time so beautiful, that's it worth spending one's whole life trying to capture the poetry that's hidden in them
[In letter]
Dear Theo, You were right. It's so good to be home, to live in peace for a time. Once again, thanks to you, life seems precious to me - something to be valued and loved. Once again I'm working. You know how for years, whenever I saw anything that moved me, I felt the need to draw it: to get it down on paper, no matter how crudely. Now for the first time, I've begun to wonder - could this be the way for me? A man or woman at work; some furrows in a plowed field; a bit of sand, sea, or sky - these are subjects so difficult, and at the same time so beautiful, that's it worth spending one's whole life trying to capture the poetry that's hidden in them
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Dear Theo
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You were right It's so good to be home To live in peace for a time
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Once again thanks to you life seems precious to me
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Something to be valued and loved Once again I'm working
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You know how for years whenever I saw anything that moved me
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I felt the need to draw it to get it down on paper
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No matter how crudely Now for the first time
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I've begun to wonder could this be the way for me
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A man or a woman at work Some furrows in a plowed field
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A bit of sand sea or sky
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There are subjects so difficult and at the same time so beautiful
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that it's worth spending one's whole life
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trying to capture the poetry that's hidden in them
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Movie Summary
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Actors
Vincent Van Gogh
