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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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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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Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion.
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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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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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The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing.
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The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.
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Normal people do not create art.
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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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No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.
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Listen, my friend, all forms that exist in God's universe can be found in the human figure. A man's body and face can tell everything he represents. So how could I ever exhaust my interest in it?
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Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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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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How can a young person learn whether he chose the correct way? He thinks he has a special idea, and then he discovers that he is completely inappropriate for it.
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Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.
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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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What we know of others is our personal secret.
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Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
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The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is.
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Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.
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