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Vincent van Gogh on Love

The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh L133, Written July 23, 1880 (New York Graphic Society, 1958), I:193.

I think that everything which is really good and beautiful — of inner moral, spiritual and sublime beauty in men and their works — comes from God, and that which is bad and wrong in men and in their works is not of God, and God does not approve of it. But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things. Love a friend, a wife, something — whatever you like — you will be on the way to knowing more about Him.