Tuesday, July 27, 2010

On the physical effort required by painting

From a letter by Van Gogh dated c. 14-18 March 1882:

"If you become a painter, one of the things that would surprise you is that painting and everything connected with it is quite hard work in physical terms. Leaving aside the mental exertion, that hard thought, it demands considerable physical effort, and that day after day."

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