- Vincent van Gogh: Who am I in the eyes of most people? A nobody, a non entity, an unpleasant person. Someone who has not, and never will have any position in society. In short, the lowest of the low. Well then even if that were all absolutely true, then one day I will have to show by my work what this nobody, this non entity has in his heart.
- Vincent van Gogh: I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly'.
- The Boatman: And, then suddenly it was all silent, and he looked so happy that this dirty crow was coming close. He didn't seem to care that it ran off with his lunch. And, I thought to myself how lonely is this guy that even a thieving crow brightens up his day?
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- Vincent van Gogh: In the life of the painter, death may perhaps not be the most difficult thing. For myself, I declare I don't know anything about it. But, the sight of the stars always makes me dream. Why I say to myself should those spots of light in the firmament bet Inaccessible lo us? Maybe we can take death to go to a star and lo die peacefully of old age would be to go there on foot. For the moment, I'm going to go to bed because it's late, and I wish you goodnight and good luck with a handshake, your loving Vincent.
- Doctor Gachet: Two weeks later, I am sitting at his bedside, and he is dying. The only words he said, Maybe it is better for everyone.
- Vincent van Gogh: Dr. Gachet is eccentric. I don't Know how he thinks he can cure me when he seems at least as sick as I am.
- Pere Tanguy: Two hearts, one mind that's what Vincent told me. Maybe that was the case after all because after Vincent died, Theo went into sharp decline.
- Pere Tanguy: Theo thought his unhappiness went right back to childhood. He tried so hard to fit into his family. But, he never succeeded in this.
- Doctor Gachet: Son of the great Joseph Roulin, giant of the South with Dostoevsky's soul. That's what Vincent called your father.
- Postman Joseph Roulin: Would you look at it? There's a whole other world up there.
- Postman Joseph Roulin: Something we get to gaze upon but don't fully understand. It reminds me of him.
- closing title card: closing title card: In the 8 years between starting to paint and his death Vincent painted over 800 paintings, only one of which was sold in his lifetime.
- closing title card: He was posthumously proclaimed the father of modern art.