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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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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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Who wants to do good in this world must deny oneself. A man does not live on this Earth to be happy or to be honest only - he has to do great things for humanity, achieve the generosity of the spirit and rise above the banality where most of the people are drowning and wasting their days.
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No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.
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I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.
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Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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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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The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself.
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Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.
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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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