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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.

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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Religion will never show the way.
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After all, the world is still great.
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Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
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Talent is cheap dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.
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What we know of others is our personal secret.
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God did not create us to abandon us.
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Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.
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Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.
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Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.
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Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at the altar. How blind they are. The best romance is inside marriage the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.
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Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.
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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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No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.
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If it is noticed that much of my outside work concerns itelf with libraries, there is an extremely good reason for this. I think that the better part of my education, almost as important as that secured in the schools and the universities, came from libraries.
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...that horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time.
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The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.
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