Irving Stone Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.”
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“A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.”
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“There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”
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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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“He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.”
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“The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.”
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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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“I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.”
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“Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.”
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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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“Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.”
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“Savoir souffrir sans se plaindre, ça c'est la seule chose pratique, c'est la grande science, la leçon à apprendre, la solution du problème de la vie.[Knowing how to suffer without complaining is the only practical thing, it's the great science, the lesson to learn, the solution to the problem of life.]”
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“No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.”
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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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“Morality is similar to religion - it is a somniferous drug which blinds people from seeing the squalor of their lives.”
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“There are neither good nor evil, only the existence and action.”
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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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“Misery is the only thing in the world that has no end or edge.”
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“Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.”
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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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“An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.”
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“Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.”
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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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“Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent; reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures.”
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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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“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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“Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.”
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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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