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Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.

Irving Stone

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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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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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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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I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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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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Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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From out of pain, beauty.
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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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Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.
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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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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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God did not create us to abandon us.
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Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
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Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.
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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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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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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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