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To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer.
Irving Stone
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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.
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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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The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing.
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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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After all, the world is still great.
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Religion will never show the way.
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Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.
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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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The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself.
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All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature.
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God did not create us to abandon us.
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Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.
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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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