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I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.
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... a canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further that is my right to paint, my reason for painting.
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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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Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.
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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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The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is.
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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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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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I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.
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Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.
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Normal people do not create art.
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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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Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.
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The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.
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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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