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...that horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time.

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.
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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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Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
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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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The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself.
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No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.
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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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Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.
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I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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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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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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Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures.
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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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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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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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After all, the world is still great.
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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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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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