I always think photographs abominable, and I don't like to have them a…

Vincent Van Gogh
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I always think photographs abominable, and I don't like to have them around, particularly not those of persons I know and love. Those photographic portraits wither much sooner than we ourselves do, whereas the painted portrait is a thing which is felt, done with love. ✨ Complete letters: with reproductions of all the drawings in the correspondence.
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