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> [The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/the-best-romance-is-inside-marriage-the-finest-love-stories-come/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

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> [All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/all-artists-are-crackpots-and-it-s-their-finest-feature/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

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> [Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at the altar.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/story-writers-say-that-love-is-concerned-only-with-young-people-and/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

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## Other authors on Finest

## More by Irving Stone

> [ You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. \[Vincent Van Gogh\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/you-cannot-be-the-good-all-the-time-sometimes-it-is-necessary-to-get/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/the-brooding-is-better-than-the-joy-because-even-if-the-heart-fills/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [“Diligence does not work if there is a lack of innate talent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/diligence-does-not-work-if-there-is-a-lack-of-innate-talent/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [“From this vantage point he came to a realization that everything that had happened to him before this had been a journey upward through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/from-this-vantage-point-he-came-to-a-realization-that-everything-that/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/listen-my-friend-all-forms-that-exist-in-god-s-universe-can-be-found/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/you-cannot-be-firmly-certain-about-anything-you-can-only-have-enough/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [“Only suffering grows big artists.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/only-suffering-grows-big-artists/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [“The fields that push up the corn, and the water that rushes down the ravine, the juice of the grape, and the life of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/the-fields-that-push-up-the-corn-and-the-water-that-rushes-down-the/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/nature-always-resists-the-artist-at-the-beginning/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/sometimes-men-are-generous-and-forgiving-sometimes-angry-and-blind/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/reading-is-a-stout-hearted-activity-disporting-courage-keenness-stick/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/do-not-call-yourself-old-a-man-is-as-old-as-the-creative-force-within/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [“Art should be linked to abstract things - color, line, tone. It is not an instrument to improve social conditions and chase ugliness. Painting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/art-should-be-linked-to-abstract-things-color-line-tone-it-is-not-an/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [ I will be an artist. I am sure I will. \[Vincent Van Gogh\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/i-will-be-an-artist-i-am-sure-i-will-vincent-van-gogh/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

> [His mind was like a soup dish, wide and shallow; it could hold a small amount of nearly anything, but the slightest jarring spilled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/his-mind-was-like-a-soup-dish-wide-and-shallow-it-could-hold-a-small/)

[Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/)

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