"You can look at any human life as the sum of a complex collection of chemical reactions,
in much the same way as you can look at any beautiful painting as a collection of pigments,
which is to say, you can miss the point of most anything."
~ The Cyyptonaturalist
I'm uncertain if it's missing the point, or rather "looking" versus "seeing" like in old Casteneda books.
Vincent van Gogh:

"How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?"
~ Vincent van Gogh:


"There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke."
~ Vincent van Gogh:

"Art has a life of its own that derives from one's soul."
~ Vincent van Gogh:

"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process"
~ Vincent van Gogh: