Success
Van Gogh only ever sold a handful of paintings. Little did he know he would go onto be celebrated as one the greatest ever.
He wrote to his brother Theo, that “I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.”
And here, unknowingly he reveals a more meaningful definition of success.
Success as an artist is being able to create art out of no other reason than love.
Van Gogh had already succeeded without knowing it.
I just wish I could go back and tell him so.