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Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion.

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.
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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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An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
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Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.
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If it is noticed that much of my outside work concerns itelf with libraries, there is an extremely good reason for this. I think that the better part of my education, almost as important as that secured in the schools and the universities, came from libraries.
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God did not create us to abandon us.
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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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The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself.
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Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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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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The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.
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I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.
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From out of pain, beauty.
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Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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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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Morality is similar to religion - it is a somniferous drug which blinds people from seeing the squalor of their lives.
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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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