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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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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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The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.
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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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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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Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.
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Talent is cheap dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.
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No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.
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Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.
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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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Savoir souffrir sans se plaindre, ça c'est la seule chose pratique, c'est la grande science, la leçon à apprendre, la solution du problème de la vie.[Knowing how to suffer without complaining is the only practical thing, it's the great science, the lesson to learn, the solution to the problem of life.]
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Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.
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Our secret thoughts - do they ever show up? The small flame of our soul can be burning hot, but no one comes to its warmth. Passersby see only a small whiff going through the chimney. Don't we need to take care of that flame, cherish it and patiently wait until someone will come and sit at it, do we?
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I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.
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Religion will never show the way.
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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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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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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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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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