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I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.

Irving Stone

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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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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Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.
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Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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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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Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only.
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God did not create us to abandon us.
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Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.
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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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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 one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is.
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Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
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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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The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning.
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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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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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No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.
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A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.
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Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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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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