What am I in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or a…

Vincent Van Gogh
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What am I in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then - even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart. ✨ Letter to Theo, from The Hague, July 21, 1882.
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