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I now absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that the night is even more richly colored than the day, colored with violets, blues, and the most intense greens. When you pay attention to it, you will see that some stars are lemony, others have pink, green, blue fires, forget-me-not color. And without insisting further, it is obvious that to paint a starry sky, it is not enough at all to put white dots on blue black.

Letter addressed to his sister Wilhelmina before achieving his 'starry night' project