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![Timehop on Twitter: "OTD: In 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off the lower part of his ear, suffering from severe depression and poverty. Not until after his death was the Dutch painter Timehop on Twitter: "OTD: In 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off the lower part of his ear, suffering from severe depression and poverty. Not until after his death was the Dutch painter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHTTuXPXsAMMJe6.jpg)
Timehop on Twitter: "OTD: In 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off the lower part of his ear, suffering from severe depression and poverty. Not until after his death was the Dutch painter
Art Loft - "Van Gogh cut off his ear gave it to a prostitute who flung it away in extreme disgust. Van, whores don't want ears they want money. I guess that's
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![Reconsidering Cinema on Twitter: "I don't think it was pain that made Vincent Van Gogh great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had. ~ David Lynch OTD Vincent Reconsidering Cinema on Twitter: "I don't think it was pain that made Vincent Van Gogh great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had. ~ David Lynch OTD Vincent](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkrIGJ4VQAEnlKu.jpg:large)