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The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.
Irving Stone
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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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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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Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.
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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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Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.
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Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.
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Art is amoral so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones.
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Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.
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I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.
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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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He had been standing still for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.
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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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Morality is similar to religion - it is a somniferous drug which blinds people from seeing the squalor of their lives.
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To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.
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An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
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All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature.
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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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I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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