Great things are not done by impulse but by a series of small things brought together.
Les grandes choses ne se font pas par impulsion, mais par une série de petites choses amenées ensemble.
Artists
Vincent van Gogh
Born in the Netherlands in 1853, Van Gogh produced some two thousand works in ten years before dying at thirty-seven. The Starry Night and Sunflowers channel emotion through blazing color.
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