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Vincent Van Gogh's work never shined while he was alive.

• sublinear 4y ago
  It did though. His sister-in-law successfully promoted it after his death, and it was therapeutic for him while he was alive. As the article puts it, without the paintings he would have suffered more. Contrast that with how much more common it is for people to suffer for their art because of their pretensions.
  • hackernewds 4y ago
    Precisely. It depends on how you define "success".
  • deleted 4y ago
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