“Malvo (Van Gogh’s friend) takes offense at my having said that I am an artist.  I do not take it back because that word includes the meaning of always seeking without absolutely finding.  As far as I know, that word means: I am seeking.  I am striving. I am in with all my heart. It is just the contrary of saying, “I know it.  I have found it.” – Vincent Van Gogh in a letter to his brother Theo.