文森特·威廉·梵高（Vincent Willem van Gogh，1853年3月30日—1890年7月29日），荷兰后印象派画家。代表作有《星月夜》、自画像系列、向日葵系列等。
梵高出生于1853年3月30日荷兰乡村津德尔特的一个新教牧师家庭，早年的他做过职员和商行经纪人，还当过矿区的传教士最后他投身于绘画。
1888年，梵高来到法国南部小镇阿尔，创作《阿尔的吊桥》；同年与画家保罗·高更交往，但由于二人性格的冲突和观念的分歧，合作很快便告失败。此后，梵高的疯病（有人记载是“癫痫病”）时常发作，但神志清醒时他仍然坚持作画。1889年创作《星月夜》。1890年7月，梵高在精神错乱中开枪自杀，年仅37岁。
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
“Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.”
“...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”
“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
“A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke”
“I don't know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.”
“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.”
“If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.”
“I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process.”
“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.”
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
👏“If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.”
“Art is to console those who are broken by life.”
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
👍“I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.”
💪 “Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.”
“I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.”
😇 “I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.”
“The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right.”
“It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.”
