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
life patterns conclusion
Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion.
love-life bread
Who loves — lives, who lives - works, and who works has some bread.
things-in-life important drink
Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
life beautiful art
Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.
across art authentic delight documented face human life material novel purity raw true
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.
deep father fear hated life painting seen spent strange women
Strange story about Degas. He hated women, didn't want to be with them. Yet he spent much of his life painting them. He had seen his father maltreat his mother, must have had a deep fear that he'd do the same thing.
artist mediocrity rise-above
An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
thinking ideas special
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.
art men desire
Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food...
beautiful real thinking
The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing.
painting canvas reason
... 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.
weed block writing
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.
art eye suspense
...that horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time.
world stills
After all, the world is still great.