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He had been standing still for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.

Irving Stone

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.
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From out of pain, beauty.
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Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.
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The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.
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Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.
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Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only.
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Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.
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An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
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God did not create us to abandon us.
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Who wants to do good in this world must deny oneself. A man does not live on this Earth to be happy or to be honest only - he has to do great things for humanity, achieve the generosity of the spirit and rise above the banality where most of the people are drowning and wasting their days.
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He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, God did not create us to abandon us.
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It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm? Indignation, said Michelangelo. Best fuel I know. Never burns out.
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When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I find weeding to be the best therapy there is for writer's block.
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Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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Talent is cheap dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.
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A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.
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The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.
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