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…showed last 75 words of 1498 total…ure, rejection, and despair. He used these emotions to write brilliant letters, while painting over 800 pieces during a ten-year period. It was his pain and sadness that unleashed his brilliance. Once he found himself no longer caring, and no longer yearning for hope, he decided it was time to leave this world that had been so cruel to him. Without the possibility of tomorrow, van Gogh did not want to be a part of today.