At Eternity's Gate (2018) quotes

Director
Julian Schnabel.

Cast
Willem Dafoe.
Rupert Friend.
Oscar Isaac.

A look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France.

I’d like to find a new light. A new light for paintings we haven’t yet seen.
– Vincent Van Gogh

I think of myself as an exile.
– Vincent Van Gogh

I can make people feel what it’s like to be alive.
– Vincent Van Gogh

What do you paint?
– Doctor Felix Ray
Sunlight.
– Vincent Van Gogh

Don’t you see that this painting is unpleasant? The town’s people have signed a petition against you. They don’t want you to come back.
– The Priest

Maybe God made me a painter for people who aren’t born yet.
– Vincent Van Gogh

Are all painters crazy?
– Madman
Only the great ones.
– Vincent Van Gogh

Sometimes I say I’m mad, but a grain of madness is the best of art.
– Vincent Van Gogh

You’re Vincent.
– Paul Gauguin
Yes, Theo’s brother.
– Vincent Van Gogh
I’m Paul Gauguin.
– Paul Gauguin

I don’t want to calm down. It’s called reactive painting for a reason!
– Vincent Van Gogh

Without painting, I don’t think I can live.
– Vincent Van Gogh

Tell me, why do you say you’re a painter?
– The Priest
Because I love painting, I have to paint. I’ve always been a painter. That I know.
– Vincent Van Gogh
A born painter.
– The Priest
Yes.
– Vincent Van Gogh
How do you know?
– The Priest
Because I can’t do anything else, and believe me, I’ve tried.
– Vincent Van Gogh

Do you believe that God gave you the gift of painting to keep you in misery?
– The Priest
I never thought about it that way.
– Vincent Van Gogh

Tell me, brother, am I a good painter?
– Vincent Van Gogh
You’re not a good painter, Vincent, you’re a great painter.
– Theo Van Gogh

There’s something inside me, I don’t know what it is. What I see nobody else sees.
– Vincent Van Gogh