Irving Stone
Irving Stone
Irving Stonewas an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians and intellectuals; among the best known are Lust for Life, about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and The Agony and the Ecstasy, about Michelangelo...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth14 July 1903
CountryUnited States of America
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The biographical novel is a true and documented story of one human being's journey across the face of the years, transmuted from the raw material of life into the delight and purity of an authentic art form.
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I thought art was dead rabbits hanging by their feet on a wall. I went to Italy and saw all the religious paintings, and they didn't move me all that much. Then someone invited me to see this van Gogh exhibit at the Rosenberg Gallery in San Francisco.
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An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
art men desire
Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food...
art eye suspense
...that horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time.
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Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti]
art wine winter
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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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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An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.
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Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.
art people normal
Normal people do not create art.
artist firsts laborers
To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer.
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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.