#passion

“as school teacher and lay preacher near London”

“If I should find something it will probably be a position between clergy man and missionary in the suburbs of London among the working people. Do not speak to anybody about it yet. In his letter to brother Theo from Welwyn, England, 17 June 1876; as quoted in Vincent van Gogh , edited by Alfred H. Barr ; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935, p. 17”

“My dear Theo, Feeling, even a fine feeling, for the beauties of nature isn't the same as religious feeling, although I believe that the two are closely connected. The same is true of a feeling for art. Don't give in to that too much either. Hold fast especially to your love for the firm [of the Paris' art dealers Goupil & C0 , where both brothers worked”

“There was a sale here [in Paris] of drawings by Millet , I don't know whether I've already written to you about it. When I entered the room in Hôtel Drouot where they were exhibited, I felt something akin to: 'Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground' [Bible”

“Some time ago I saw a painting by Thijs Maris [= Matthijs Maris , one of the three brothers Maris, all three famous Dutch impressionist painters of the Hague School ] that reminded me of it. An old Dutch town with rows of brownish red houses with step”

“I've got nature and art and poetry, and if that isn't enough, what is? From a letter to his brother Theo van Gogh, January 1874 [6]”

“Always continue walking a lot and loving nature, for that’s the real way to learn to understand art better and better. Painters understand nature and love it, and teach us to see. From a letter to his brother Theo van Gogh, January 1874 [5]”

“Vindt maar mooi zooveel je kunt, de meesten vinden niet genoeg mooi. Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful. From a letter to his brother Theo van Gogh, January 1874 [4]”

“Vincent's profession then was picture dealer at Goupil and Co. , with branches a. o. in The Hague, London and Paris”

“I am sure you will like it, it is such a fine business [art”

“Mexican Autobiography”

“Since Trotsky came to Mexico I have understood his error. I was never a Trotskyist. Diary illustration, dated 4 November 1952 [3] [4]”

“I have suffered two grave accidents in my life, one in which a streetcar knocked me down... The other accident is Diego. Quote in Imagen de Frida Kahlo by Gisèle Freund in Novedades (Mexico City)”

“México en la Cultura”

“In 1946 Frida painted 'The Little Deer', her self”

“I am a poor little deer. written line on a photograph she gave Diego.”

“Una pintora extraordinaria,”

“I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim. Quote in a letter to Ella Wolfe , "Wednesday 13," 1938, as cited in Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera (1983) ISBN 0”

“I’m more and more convinced it’s only through communism that we can become human. Quote of Frida Kahlo, in her letter from US, during the 1930s, from [1]”

“A little while ago, not much more than a few days ago, I was a child who went about in a world of colors, of hard and tangible forms. Everything was mysterious and something was hidden, guessing what it was was a game for me. If you knew how terrible it is to know suddenly, as if a bolt of lightning elucidated the earth. Now I live in a painful planet, transparent as ice; but it is as if I had learned everything at once in seconds. Quote of Frida Kahlo, in her letter to Alejandro Gómez Arias, 29 September 1926”

“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.”

“Football is the most beautiful and healthy sport in the world.”

“I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music.”

“The ball does not stain.”

“I made mistakes, but I also learned from them. That is what matters.”

“He made the first Gaelic football goal in a regular football match. We won't forget. Argentina's branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association , after Maradona's death, noting that the the hand of God would not have been a foul in every sport.”

“The unconventional and uninhibited way of living was a part of my life. I won't be like that now.”

“There is no secret here. I will give my all, as I always have. This way I prove to the people who hired me, and those who support me, how much it means.”

“Even now as a manager, when I suffer a loss it still feels like a first loss, the first I suffered as a player. And when I win, it is like my first win, too. This is me, this is my personality, it is who I am and will always be.”

“I am with Maduro , I will continue with him and I will die with him. Estoy con Maduro, sigo con él y voy a morir con él”

“You Pasman, you have it inside, too. http://www.conexionbrando.com/1314892”

“Funny old games: The sporting year in a year like no other”