The best pictures, and from a technical point of view, the most complete, seen from nearby, are but patches of color next to each other, and only make and effect at a certain distance.

De beste schilderijen – juist uit een technisch oogpunt de volmaaktste – zijn van digt bij bezien toetsen kleur naast elkaar en doen hun effekt op een zekere distantie.

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Van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. Nov. 1885.

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Van Gogh, Vincent. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Irving Stone and Jean Stone. Plume, 1995.

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The best pictures, and from a technical point of view, the most complete, seen from nearby, are but patches of color next to each other, and only make and effect at a certain distance.