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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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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.
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After all, the world is still great.
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Art is amoral so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones.
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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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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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Normal people do not create art.
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Talent is cheap dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.
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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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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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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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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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The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself.
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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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Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.
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I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [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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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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An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
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