Vincent Van Gogh Quotes:
Ocupation: Painter
Life: March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890
Birthday: March 30
Death: July 29
To exaggerate the fairness of hair, I come even to orange tones, chromes and pale yellow ... I make a plain background of the richest, intensest blue that I can contrive, and by this simple combination of the bright head against the rich blue background, I get a mysterious effect, like a star in the depths of an azure sky.
source: Vincent van Gogh (1929). “Further Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1886-1889”
topic: Stars, Simple, Pale Yellow, Chrome, Azure
