“ It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?Indignation, said Michelangelo. Best fuel I know. Never burns out. Irving Stone
“ Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti] Irving Stone
“ What the world thought made little difference. Rembrandt had topaint. Whether he painted well or badly didn't matter; painting was thestuff that held him together as a man. The chief value of art, Vin… 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
“ Vincent took them in the full spirit of friendship which knows that the difference between giving and taking is purely temporal. Irving Stone
“ These workers, said Mendes with a gentle sweep of his arm, have a hard life of it. When illness comes they have no money for a doctor. The food for tomorrow comes from today's labour, and hard labour… Irving Stone
“ Because it will make a real artist of you. The more you suffer, the more grateful you ought to be. An empty stomach is better than a full one, Van Gogh, and a broken heart is better than happiness. Ne… Irving Stone
“ He was a victim of his own integrity, which forced him to do his best, even when he would have preferred to do nothing at all. Irving Stone
“ Art is a staple like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food. Irving Stone
“ Sometimes I think that just as trains and carriages are means of locomotion to get us from one place to another on this earth, so typhoid and consumption are means of locomotion to get us from one wor… Irving Stone
“ But we artists have to be selfish you know, after all, with each painting, we die a little. Irving Stone
“ He believed that every individual was responsible for his conduct on earth, that there was a judge within. Could even a blazingly Christ inflict greater retribution? Could Dante's Charon in his rowboa… Irving Stone
“ As he reached the door of the chapel and turned back for a last look, he saw that the Virgin too was sad and lonely; the most alone human being God ever put on earth. Irving Stone
“ It's not macho to read? Nonsense. Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-itness. It is also, in my experience, one of the most thrilling and enduring delights of li… Irving Stone
“ 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
