"It seemed to you [his brother Theo van Gogh ] perhaps as if the sun shone brighter and everything had acquired a new charm. At any rate, I believe this is always the effect of a serious love [with Sien,] and that's a delightful thing.. .I can find no words for how beautiful the old courtyards are here [in The Hague]. And although Jozef Israëls does it perfectly, so to speak, I find it strange that so relatively few pay them any attention. Here in The Hague every day, so to speak, I see a world which a great many pass by and which is very different from what most [painters of the Hague School are making.. .'Oh, but those filthy folk' or 'that sort of people' - in short, expressions one wouldn't expect from a painter."
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Quote of Vincent van Gogh, in his letter tot Theo, from The Hague, Sunday, 18 March 1883; as cited in letter 330 - complete vangoghletters online
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