Why did Van Gogh paint Starry Night?

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1. #night
2. #behaviour
3. #saint
4. #preference
5. #attacks
6. #works
7. #memory
8. #starry
9. #while
10. #outdoors
11. #vincent
12. #painted
13. #asylum
14. #unlike
15. #severity
16. #erratic