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Irving Stone quotes: I can not draw sheep and cows if I do not understand their lives.[Vincent Van Gogh] I can not draw sheep and cows if I do not understand their lives.
[Vincent Van Gogh]
Irving Stone quotes: Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food ... Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food ...
Irving Stone quotes: A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings. A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.
Irving Stone quotes: Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink. Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
Irving Stone quotes: An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it. An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
Irving Stone quotes: I paint only what I love.[Vincent Van Gogh] I paint only what I love.
[Vincent Van Gogh]
Irving Stone quotes: Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life. Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.
Irving Stone quotes: Time has a texture. Each period of waiting looms its own design. For Abigail, this one was shot through with golden threads. -Those Who Love, p. 130 Time has a texture. Each period of waiting looms its own design. For Abigail, this one was shot through with golden threads. -Those Who Love, p. 130
Irving Stone quotes: Every man must settle down once in a lifetime. Every man must settle down once in a lifetime.
Irving Stone quotes: Art destroys the life. Art destroys the life.
Irving Stone quotes: My books are based 98 percent on documentary evidence. My books are based 98 percent on documentary evidence.
Irving Stone quotes: Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti] Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti]
Irving Stone quotes: Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that. Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.
Irving Stone quotes: Wherever at least two art lovers meet, Vincent Van Gogh's name is holy. Wherever at least two art lovers meet, Vincent Van Gogh's name is holy.
Irving Stone quotes: Diligence does not work if there is a lack of innate talent. Diligence does not work if there is a lack of innate talent.
Irving Stone quotes: And rout the magical mystical moonlight with fierce proof of its own greater power to light, to heat, to make everything known. And rout the magical mystical moonlight with fierce proof of its own greater power to light, to heat, to make everything known.
Irving Stone quotes: It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?""Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out. It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?"
"Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.
Irving Stone quotes: There are neither good nor evil, only the existence and action. There are neither good nor evil, only the existence and action.
Irving Stone quotes: Vincent did not know how to express his feelings in words. He knew how to paint them.However, one cannot paint the farewell. Vincent did not know how to express his feelings in words. He knew how to paint them.
However, one cannot paint the farewell.
Irving Stone quotes: He was a victim of his own integrity, which forced him to do his best, even when he would have preferred to do nothing at all. He was a victim of his own integrity, which forced him to do his best, even when he would have preferred to do nothing at all.
Irving Stone quotes: Artists thrive on suffering. Artists thrive on suffering.
Irving Stone quotes: To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer. To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer.
Irving Stone quotes: Inside yourself you're strong. That's the place where strength counts. Strength shows not only in how fast you can chop down trees.' -p. 5 Inside yourself you're strong. That's the place where strength counts. Strength shows not only in how fast you can chop down trees.' -p. 5
Irving Stone quotes: A person may paint or talk about painting but he cannot do both at the same time. A person may paint or talk about painting but he cannot do both at the same time.
Irving Stone quotes: The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day. The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.
Irving Stone quotes: I was thinking that Rembrandt would have like to paint you. I was thinking that Rembrandt would have like to paint you.
Irving Stone quotes: Have you ever been in love?""...in a way.""It's always 'in a way. Have you ever been in love?"
"...in a way."
"It's always 'in a way.
Irving Stone quotes: Many times in your life you may think you are failing, but ultimately you will express yourself and that expression will justify your life. Many times in your life you may think you are failing, but ultimately you will express yourself and that expression will justify your life.
Irving Stone quotes: Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes. Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.
Irving Stone quotes: Indignation. Best fuel I know. Never burns out. Indignation. Best fuel I know. Never burns out.
Irving Stone quotes: Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion. Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion.
Irving Stone quotes: Drawing is the poet's written line, set down to see if there be a story worth telling, a truth worth revealing. Drawing is the poet's written line, set down to see if there be a story worth telling, a truth worth revealing.
Irving Stone quotes: An impressionist is the one who does not paint like everyone, does not obey the rules and attitude.[Vincent Van Gogh] An impressionist is the one who does not paint like everyone, does not obey the rules and attitude.
[Vincent Van Gogh]
Irving Stone quotes: We ... believe that art is religious, because it is one of man's highest aspirations. There is no such thing as pagan art, only good and bad art. We ... believe that art is religious, because it is one of man's highest aspirations. There is no such thing as pagan art, only good and bad art.
Irving Stone quotes: No one has called any of my pictures obscene ever but I have been constantly blamed for an even greater sin - the ugliness.[Vincent Van Gogh] No one has called any of my pictures obscene ever but I have been constantly blamed for an even greater sin - the ugliness.
[Vincent Van Gogh]
Irving Stone quotes: There's no love without pain. There's no love without pain.
Irving Stone quotes: Cardinal Giovanni still did not like delicate matters; they were usually painful. Cardinal Giovanni still did not like delicate matters; they were usually painful.
Irving Stone quotes: [Vincent Van Gogh] 'Oh Theo, don't you think I'm the black sheep, do you?'[Theo Van Gogh] 'I'm more inclined to consider you as an ass.' [Vincent Van Gogh] 'Oh Theo, don't you think I'm the black sheep, do you?'
[Theo Van Gogh] 'I'm more inclined to consider you as an ass.'
Irving Stone quotes: I wanted the figures to be real and believable so that you would feel that with their very next breath would begin life itself. I wanted the figures to be real and believable so that you would feel that with their very next breath would begin life itself.
Irving Stone quotes: Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only. Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only.
Irving Stone quotes: Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness. Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.
Irving Stone quotes: There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before. There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before.
Irving Stone quotes: Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry. Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.
Irving Stone quotes: An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours. An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.
Irving Stone quotes: The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning. The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning.
Irving Stone quotes: The simplest things that need self-restraint are the most difficult to replicate. The simplest things that need self-restraint are the most difficult to replicate.
Irving Stone quotes: Watercolor is not my way of expression.[Vincent Van Gogh] Watercolor is not my way of expression.
[Vincent Van Gogh]
Irving Stone quotes: An empty stomach is better than full and grief is better than happiness. An empty stomach is better than full and grief is better than happiness.
Irving Stone quotes: All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature. All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature.
Irving Stone quotes: There is more beauty in a harsh truth than in a pretty lie, more poetry in earthiness than in all the salons of Paris. There is more beauty in a harsh truth than in a pretty lie, more poetry in earthiness than in all the salons of Paris.
Irving Stone quotes: There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books. There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.
Irving Stone quotes: An artist does not have to think about what he is doing. An artist does not have to think about what he is doing.
Irving Stone quotes: To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors. To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.
Irving Stone quotes: Who loves - lives, who lives - works, and who works has some bread. Who loves - lives, who lives - works, and who works has some bread.
Irving Stone quotes: I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh] I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]
Irving Stone quotes: You cannot be the good all the time - sometimes it is necessary to get angry.[Vincent Van Gogh] You cannot be the good all the time - sometimes it is necessary to get angry.
[Vincent Van Gogh]
Irving Stone quotes: When I compare myself to the other fellows there is something stiff and awkward about me; I look as if I had been in prison for ten years. When I compare myself to the other fellows there is something stiff and awkward about me; I look as if I had been in prison for ten years.
Irving Stone quotes: No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.
Irving Stone quotes: Normal people do not create art. Normal people do not create art.
Irving Stone quotes: Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones. Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones.
Irving Stone quotes: The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is. The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is.
Irving Stone quotes: If Delacroix discovered painting when he had neither teeth nor health, I can discover it when I have neither teeth nor the mind.[Vincent Van Gogh] If Delacroix discovered painting when he had neither teeth nor health, I can discover it when I have neither teeth nor the mind.
[Vincent Van Gogh]
Irving Stone quotes: The artist has the liberty to exaggerate, to create in his novel a world more beautiful, more simple, more consoling than ours. The artist has the liberty to exaggerate, to create in his novel a world more beautiful, more simple, more consoling than ours.
Irving Stone quotes: The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns. The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.
Irving Stone quotes: The sculptor is master of time; he can change his subjects forward or back. The sculptor is master of time; he can change his subjects forward or back.
Irving Stone quotes: Loneliness is a kind of prison.[Vincent Van Gogh] Loneliness is a kind of prison.
[Vincent Van Gogh]
Irving Stone quotes: Religion will never show the way. Religion will never show the way.
Irving Stone quotes: Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind. Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.
Irving Stone quotes: Only suffering grows big artists. Only suffering grows big artists.
Irving Stone quotes: One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it. One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.
Irving Stone quotes: The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing. The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing.
Irving Stone quotes: That horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time. That horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time.
Irving Stone quotes: Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen. Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.
Irving Stone quotes: Perhaps you could not find such godless, such ruthless and such materialist people as clergy. Perhaps you could not find such godless, such ruthless and such materialist people as clergy.
Irving Stone quotes: You know, Nabby, there's mighty few pleasures in life to equal doing one's job. It is an act of love ... -p. 131 You know, Nabby, there's mighty few pleasures in life to equal doing one's job. It is an act of love ... -p. 131
Irving Stone quotes: Morality is similar to religion - it is a somniferous drug which blinds people from seeing the squalor of their lives. Morality is similar to religion - it is a somniferous drug which blinds people from seeing the squalor of their lives.
Irving Stone quotes: I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book. I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.
Irving Stone quotes: Art is amoral; so is life. Art is amoral; so is life.
Irving Stone quotes: What meaning has a compliment if one hears it night and day. What meaning has a compliment if one hears it night and day.
Irving Stone quotes: Misery is the only thing in the world that has no end or edge. Misery is the only thing in the world that has no end or edge.
Irving Stone quotes: The artist has to take risks. The artist has to take risks.
Irving Stone quotes: After all, the world is still great. After all, the world is still great.
Irving Stone quotes: What we know of others is our personal secret. What we know of others is our personal secret.
Irving Stone quotes: 'Tell me, please,' Van Gogh asked, 'is it justifiable that a person wastes his only life by selling worthless paintings for fools? 'Tell me, please,' Van Gogh asked, 'is it justifiable that a person wastes his only life by selling worthless paintings for fools?
Irving Stone quotes: Oh, my job ... I sacrificed my whole life ... and almost lost my mind.[Vincent Van Gogh] Oh, my job ... I sacrificed my whole life ... and almost lost my mind.
[Vincent Van Gogh]
Irving Stone quotes: Actually, Paris wakes up when it comes time for aperitif. Actually, Paris wakes up when it comes time for aperitif.
Irving Stone quotes: The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself. The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself.
Irving Stone quotes: He had never believed that spirituality had to be anemic or aesthetic. He had never believed that spirituality had to be anemic or aesthetic.
Irving Stone quotes: Pain did curious things to him. It made him sensitive to the pain of others. Pain did curious things to him. It made him sensitive to the pain of others.
Irving Stone quotes: A canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further; that is my right to paint, my reason for painting. A canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further; that is my right to paint, my reason for painting.
Irving Stone quotes: He ... breathed inheavy gulps of air to prove to himself that he was three-dimensional. He ... breathed in
heavy gulps of air to prove to himself that he was three-dimensional.
Irving Stone quotes: Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh] Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]
Irving Stone quotes: Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him. Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.
Irving Stone quotes: He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death. He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.
Irving Stone quotes: He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, God did not create us to abandon us. He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, God did not create us to abandon us.
Irving Stone quotes: It's so easy to love. The only hard thing is to be loved.[Vincent Van Gogh] It's so easy to love. The only hard thing is to be loved.
[Vincent Van Gogh]
Irving Stone quotes: Money makes the man a beast. Money makes the man a beast.
Irving Stone quotes: The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before. The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.
Irving Stone quotes: They had painted in a grand rush to keep intact the purity of their first impression, the mood in which the motif had been conceived. They had painted in a grand rush to keep intact the purity of their first impression, the mood in which the motif had been conceived.
Irving Stone quotes: We are all are cripples in some way.[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec] We are all are cripples in some way.
[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]

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