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• Art destroys the life.

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• God is imagined as a rich, old gentleman who is very happy that things are going so smooth here on Earth that he had created.

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• An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.

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• The sculptor is master of time; he can change his subjects forward or back.

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• Only suffering grows big artists.

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• What we know of others is our personal secret.

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• The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself.

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• Perhaps you could not find such godless, such ruthless and such materialist people as clergy.

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• Religion will never show the way.

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• An empty stomach is better than full and grief is better than happiness.

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• Who loves — lives, who lives – works, and who works has some bread.

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• Diligence does not work if there is a lack of innate talent.

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• No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.

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• A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.

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• There are neither good nor evil, only the existence and action.

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• An artist does not have to think about what he is doing.

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• Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.

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• No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.

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• He had never believed that spirituality had to be anemic or aesthetic.

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• Artists thrive on suffering.

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Irving Stone (51)

Birth:	14th July, 1903
Death:	26th August, 1989
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Novelist

About

Irving Stone was born in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an American historical biographical novelist. He earned a BA degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1923. He earned an MA degree in Economics from the University of Southern California in 1924. He wrote several novels include: Lust for Life, Immortal Wife, Adversary in the House, The President's lady, Love is Eternal, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Those Who Love, The Passions of the Mind, The Greek Treasure, The Origin, and Depths of Glory. He wrote other books include: Clarence Darrow for the Defense(biography), They Also Ran(biography), Earl Warren(biography), and Men to Match My Mountains(Spur Award for Best Nonfiction).

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