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That God of the clergymen, He is for me as dead as a doornail. But am I an atheist for all that?

— Vincent van Gogh

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The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

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Gauguin interests me very much as a man - very much.

I've got nature and art and poetry, and if that isn't enough, what is?

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