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
alphabet
Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.
artist would-be miserable
One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.
flames waiting soul
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?
artist painful form
He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.
trying depth endeavor
To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.
easy vans hard
It's so easy to love. The only hard thing is to be loved. [Vincent Van Gogh]
loneliness kind prison
Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]
poison antidote
Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.
painting someday louvre
Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]
evil action existence
There are neither good nor evil, only the existence and action.
drawing lines stories
Drawing is the poet's written line, set down to see if there be a story worth telling, a truth worth revealing.
sometimes vans angry
You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]
artist vans
I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]
hours darkest-hour abandon
He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us.