I didn't think I liked van Gogh until I (accidentally) saw some in person. I'd lined up at the exhibition door for the d'Orsay instead of the main door, and felt ripped off paying to go in, but was immediately overwhelmed by the pop of vG's colours. None of the reproductions ever capture this blue.

it really is so different when you see them in person. The wheatfield and the crow, I remember, being especially vivid. And I never really liked The Potato Eaters much but it got to me in person.

They really don't!