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
art men desire
Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food...
strength men horny
No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.
men forgiving sometimes
Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.
men creative force
Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.
men trying thrill
There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before.
men body faces
Listen, my friend, all forms that exist in God's universe can be found in the human figure. A man's body and face can tell everything he represents. So how could I ever exhaust my interest in it?
men painting
A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.
book mental-illness cures
I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.
men people generosity
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.
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.
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.
life patterns conclusion
Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion.