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Religion will never show the way.

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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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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I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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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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The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.
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Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
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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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How can a young person learn whether he chose the correct way? He thinks he has a special idea, and then he discovers that he is completely inappropriate for it.
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... a canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further that is my right to paint, my reason for painting.
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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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Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at the altar. How blind they are. The best romance is inside marriage the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.
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Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.
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When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I find weeding to be the best therapy there is for writer's block.
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A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.
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Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.
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An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
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To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.
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Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.
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All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature.
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Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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