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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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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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Opinion Journalist
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San Francisco County
California
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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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An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
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One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.
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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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Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
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No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.
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Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.
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He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered his canvas, painted his pictures, carpentered his frames, and painted them. 'Too bad I can't buy my own pictures,' he murmured aloud. 'Then I'd be completely self-sufficient.'
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Normal people do not create art.
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Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.
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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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All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature.
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Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.
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Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.
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