"One should not become an artist because he……" — Irving Stone

"One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it."

— Irving Stone

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53 Quotes by Irving Stone

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He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered his canvas, painted his pictures, carpentered his frames, and painted them. 'Too…
Who loves — lives, who lives - works, and who works has some bread.
After all, the world is still great.
No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.
Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti]
Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury…
His mind was like a soup dish, wide and shallow; it could hold a small amount of nearly anything, but…
How can a young person learn whether he chose the correct way? He thinks he has a special idea, and…
An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I…
If it is noticed that much of my outside work concerns itelf with libraries, there is an extremely good reason…
Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at…

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor… — Chinua Achebe
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. — Sebastian Bach
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political… — Kevin Bacon
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I… — Erykah Badu
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint… — Erykah Badu

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