What makes people the world over stand in line for Van Gogh is not that they will see beautiful pictures [but] that in an indefinable way they will come away feeling better human beings. And that is exactly what Van Gogh hoped for.
Source: In NY Times, 19 Oct 1984.
-- John Russell, (Jan 3 1921-1991), US actor; His movies include Pale Rider, and Rio Bravo.