“Only now, years after having read though the works of Shakespeare, Dickens, Scott, Poe, Balzac did he realise that even the most… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
I spend several years trying to get inside the brain and heart of my subjects, listening to the interior monologues in their… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
Drawing is the poet's written line, set down to see if there be a story worth telling, a truth worth revealing. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at the altar.… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
I knew that I had to find out more about van Gogh. Even though I was far too young, and felt I… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I find weeding… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh] — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
“From this vantage point he came to a realization that everything that had happened to him before this had been a journey upward through… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
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… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
“The fields that push up the corn, and the water that rushes down the ravine, the juice of the grape, and the life of… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
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… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
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