The Wisdom of Van Gogh: Excerpts from the Letters of Vincent van Gogh

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The Wisdom of Van Gogh presents more than 200 of Vincent van Gogh's most evocative quotes about life, career, love and faith, paired with carefully-chosen paintings and drawings. First published in 2015 as a 3-volume paperback series entitled Van Gogh to Go, this newly expanded hardcover edition makes the perfect gift or coffee table book for your home or office. Whether you're an artist seeking inspiration, or simply a person looking for relief from the innumerable stressors of 21st century life, The Wisdom of Van Gogh offers practical advice for creative living.

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Tom Willett (1950- ) is an American musician, author and entertainment industry executive. He toured and recorded extensively as a bass player during the '60s and '70s, served in Nashville as booking agent and manager for numerous artists in the '80s, and worked in Los Angeles and New York as an Artist & Repertoire and Marketing executive in the '90s. In the '00s he co-founded a fully-accredited artists' colony on the Island of Martha's Vineyard, MA for college-aged musicians and entrepreneurs, and currently entertains fantasies of a restless retirement in Montmartre-on-the-Cumberland, Tennessee.

Willett's work has been cited in "Rolling Stone," "Billboard," "Musician," the "L.A. Times," "Entertainment Weekly," "CMJ" and the "Hollywood Reporter," while his articles encouraging excellence in music making and marketing have appeared in "Image," "The Wittenburg Door," "CCM," "Release," "The Other Side" and "Prism." He has published 11 books and digital documents including Creativity Will Save the World: Toward a Spiritual Humanism; A Curmudgeon's Guide to Virtue & Religion, Vol. 1; A Curmudgeon's Guide to Vice & Immorality, Vol. 2; Van Gogh to Go, Vol. 1-Art; Van Gogh to Go, Vol. 2-Work; Van Gogh to Go, Vol. 3-Spirituality; Stroke: The Road To Recovery; Understanding Stroke Terminology (all of which are available at https: //www.amazon.com/Tom-Willett/e/B00WL9LULQ); and the digital publications Into the Mystic: Music Photography & Philosophic Musings (https: //tomwillett.blogspot.com/); The Nicholas Berdyaev Online Resource Center (https: //www.nicholasberdyaev.com) and www.willett.world.