The forties, seventies, and the nineties, when money was scarce, were great periods, when the art world retracted but it was also reborn.

'The Night Cafe' and 'The Starry Night' still emit such pathos, density, and intensity that they send shivers down the spine. Whether Van Gogh thought in color or felt with his intellect, the radical color, dynamic distortion, heart, soul, and part-by-part structure in these paintings make him a bridge to a new vision and the vision itself.

I rage against Vincent van Gogh for needing to die at 37, after painting for only ten years.

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