The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning. Irving Stone More Quotes by Irving Stone More Quotes From Irving Stone If it is noticed that much of my outside work concerns itelf with libraries, there is an extremely good reason for this. I think that the better part of my education, almost as important as that secured in the schools and the universities, came from libraries. Irving Stone important school thinking Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him. Irving Stone force creative men Reading is a stout-hearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness. It is also, in my experience, one of the most thrilling and enduring delights of life, equal to a home run, a slam-dunk, or breaking the four-minute mile. Irving Stone reading home running 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. Irving Stone important done enough ...that horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time. Irving Stone suspense eye art The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is. Irving Stone paris morning beautiful 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? Irving Stone body faces men Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen. Irving Stone beastly cows fortune From the biography of Freud, by Irving Stone, said by Freud's fiance after he teased her for being sweet, "Beware of truly sweet people. They have will of iron. Irving Stone iron sweet people Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food. Irving Stone desire men art The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing. Irving Stone artist real beautiful God did not create us to abandon us. Irving Stone abandon Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones. Irving Stone art-is book art ... 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. Irving Stone canvas painting reason Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion. Irving Stone conclusion patterns life The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns. Irving Stone brooding heart joy Savoir souffrir sans se plaindre, ça c'est la seule chose pratique, c'est la grande science, la leçon à apprendre, la solution du problème de la vie.[Knowing how to suffer without complaining is the only practical thing, it's the great science, the lesson to learn, the solution to the problem of life.] Irving Stone knowing suffering complaining The paintings that laughed at him merrily from the walls were like nothing he had ever seen or dreamed of. Gone were the flat, thin surfaces. Gone was the sentimental sobriety. Gone was the brown gravy in which Europe had been bathing its pictures for centuries. Here were pictures riotously mad with the sun. With light and air and throbbing vivacity. Paintings of ballet girls backstage, done in primitive reds, greens, and blues thrown next to each other irreverantly. He looked at the signature. Degas. Irving Stone wall girl light I cannot draw a human figure if I don't know the order of his bones, muscles or tendons. Same is that I cannot draw a human face if I don't know what's going on his mind and heart. In order to paint life one must understand not only anatomy, but what people feel and think about the world they live in. The painter who knows his own craft and nothing else will turn out to be a very superficial artist. Irving Stone artist heart thinking To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer. Irving Stone laborers artist firsts
