"He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered……" — Irving Stone
"He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered his canvas, painted his pictures, carpentered his frames, and painted them. 'Too bad I can't buy my own pictures,' he murmured aloud. 'Then I'd be completely self-sufficient.'"
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53 Quotes by Irving Stone
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Who loves — lives, who lives - works, and who works has some bread.
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After all, the world is still great.
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No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.
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Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti]
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An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
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When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I…
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If it is noticed that much of my outside work concerns itelf with libraries, there is an extremely good reason…
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I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.
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The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
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Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power.
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But perhaps God's purpose in the world (I am only thinking aloud here) is to draw his creatures to him.…
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Thank God for my computer. Sometimes when there is no one to talk to, I talk aloud so that I…
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