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A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.

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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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Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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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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I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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