This is from Vincent to his brother Dio.

Van Gogh wrote: "There may be a strong fire in our hearts, but no one uses it to warm themselves; people passing by only see a wisp of green coming out of the chimney." Ignore the smoke. Now let me take a look at you. What should you do? People must guard the fire in their hearts and wait patiently for someone to come and sit close to it - probably. Stop? How worried are you?"?

It was said by people on the Internet who didn't know the truth that it was said by Van Gogh.

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Van Gogh lived a life of wandering and poverty until his death.

He thought he had only sold one painting in his life, but in fact, even that painting was done by his younger brother Theo, who was an art dealer, and asked someone to buy it, specifically to encourage his brother. That’s all.

Van Gogh wrote more than 800 letters throughout his life, filled with the emotions that surged during his creation. Most of the letters were sent to his brother Theo, who was in Paris at the time. In his last letter, there is this sentence: "Only painting can express what is in my heart."

He never believed that he was a genius, and he would never know, One hundred years later, his "Sunflowers" would sell for $42 million. The painting "Van Gogh without Beard" even achieved a sky-high price of US$71.5 million.

References Baidu Encyclopedia - Van Gogh