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No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.

Irving Stone

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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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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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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The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is.
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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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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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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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Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.
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A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.
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