Van Gogh On Fear in Art
Vincent van Gogh, writing about the painter’s fear of the blank canvas.
The canvas is far more afraid of the painter.
The canvas has an idiotic stare, and mesmerizes some painters so that they turn into idiots themselves.
Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the truly passionate painter who dares – and who has once broken the spell of ‘you can’t’.
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