Quotes by Irving Stone

About Irving Stone:

Irving Stone was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians and intellectuals; among the best known are Lust for Life (1934), about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), about Michelangelo.
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There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.

Irving Stone

When I compare myself to the other fellows there is something stiff and awkward about me; I look as if I had been in prison for ten years.

Irving Stone

He believed that every individual was responsible for his conduct on earth, that there was a judge within. Could even a blazingly Christ inflict greater retribution? Could Dante's Charon in his rowboat on the river Acheron whip the miscreants into a ...

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It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?" "Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.

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Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

Irving Stone

An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.

Irving Stone

Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti]

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From this vantage point he came to a realization that everything that had happened to him before this had been a journey upward through time, everything that occurred after it a descent. If he could not control his fate, why be born?

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A new doctor had been sent for, Lazzaro of Pavia, who had administered to Lorenzo a pulverized mixture of diamonds and pearls. This hitherto infallible medicine had failed to help.

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We...believe that art is religious, because it is one of man's highest aspirations. There is no such thing as pagan art, only good and bad art.

Irving Stone

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

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What the world thought made little difference. Rembrandt had to paint. Whether he painted well or badly didn't matter; painting was the stuff that held him together as a man. The chief value of art, Vincent, lies in the expression it gives to the art...

Irving Stone

...Kita harus bertindak sesuai dengan nalar kita, dan selanjutnya biarkan Tuhan yang menentukan nilai akhirnya, Kalau kau yakin pada saat ini ingin menjadi pelayan Sang Pencipta kita dengan cara tertentu, maka keyakinan itulah satu-satunya pembimbing...

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He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.

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It's not macho to read? Nonsense. Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-itness. It is also, in my experience, one of the most thrilling and enduring delights of life, equal to a home run, a slamdunk, or breaking t...

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He was a victim of his own integrity, which forced him to do his best, even when he would have preferred to do nothing at all.

Irving Stone

Author Bio

  • NameIrving Stone
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornJuly 14, 1903
  • DiedAugust 26, 1989
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist