You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh] Irving Stone More Quotes by Irving Stone More Quotes From Irving Stone An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours. Irving Stone hours artist ideas It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?" "Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out. Irving Stone fuel anger use When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I find weeding to be the best therapy there is for writer's block. Irving Stone weed block writing An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it. Irving Stone mediocrity artist rise-above How can a young person learn whether he chose the correct way? He thinks he has a special idea, and then he discovers that he is completely inappropriate for it. Irving Stone special ideas thinking 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 Irving Stone lap soup mind Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only. Irving Stone personality character fall Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti] Irving Stone liquid enough art No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. Irving Stone horny strength men 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. Irving Stone wine winter art I knew that I had to find out more about van Gogh. Even though I was far too young, and felt I did not have sufficient technique to write a book about Vincent van Gogh, I knew I had to try. If I didn't I would never write anything else. Irving Stone writing trying book Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that. Irving Stone pleasant madmen mad The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself. Irving Stone maximum values art All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature. Irving Stone crackpots finest artist Misery is the only thing in the world that has no end or edge. Irving Stone worth-fighting-for misery world Religion will never show the way. Irving Stone shows way 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 religious believe art The biographical novel is a true and documented story of one human being's journey across the face of the years, transmuted from the raw material of life into the delight and purity of an authentic art form. Irving Stone face journey life art Even if there is endless documentation, it would be impossible to know what a man thought inside his own mind... This is where the novelist's creative imagination has to take over. Irving Stone man imagination mind impossible My books are based 98 percent on documentary evidence. Irving Stone documentary books percent evidence
