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Normal people do not create art.

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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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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The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is.
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When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I find weeding to be the best therapy there is for writer's block.
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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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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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I knew that I had to find out more about van Gogh. Even though I was far too young, and felt I did not have sufficient technique to write a book about Vincent van Gogh, I knew I had to try. If I didn't I would never write anything else.
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An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
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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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After all, the world is still great.
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All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature.
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From out of pain, beauty.
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To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer.
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No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.
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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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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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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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From the biography of Freud, by Irving Stone, said by Freud's fiance after he teased her for being sweet, Beware of truly sweet people. They have will of iron.
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Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
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Talent is cheap dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.
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