"The world concerns me only in so far as I feel a certain indebtedness and duty toward it because I have walked this earth for thirty years, and, out of gratitude, want to leave some souvenir in the shape of drawings or pictures — not made to please a certain taste in art, but to express a sincere human feeling."

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Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist painter known for his vivid colors and emotional depth, exemplified in works like 'The Starry Night'.

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