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
strength men horny
No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.
art liquid enough
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.
mind soup lap
His mind was like a soup dish, wide and shallow; it could hold a small amount of nearly anything, but the slightest jarring spilled the soup into somebody's lap
hours darkest-hour abandon
He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us.
self design canvas
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.'
simple difficult
How difficult it is to be simple.
art book art-is
Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones.
artist ideas hours
An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.
anger use fuel
It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?" "Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.
important done enough
You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe it turns out that was wrong, but still you would have done his, and it is most important.
artist
Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.
sometimes vans angry
You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]
men forgiving sometimes
Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.