Quotes by Irving Stone

“He had never believed that spirituality had to be anemic or aesthetic.”

“An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.”

“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.”

“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.”

“He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.”

“It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?""Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.”

“From this vantage point he came to a realization that everything that had happened to him before this had been a journey upward through time, everything that occurred after it a descent. If he coul...”

“A new doctor had been sent for, Lazzaro of Pavia, who had administered to Lorenzo a pulverized mixture of diamonds and pearls. This hitherto infallible medicine had failed to help.”

“There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”

“You can only have the courage and strength to do what you think is right. It may turn out to be wrong, but you will at least have done it, and that is the important thing. We must act according to ...”

“Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti]”

“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 row...”

“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, ...”

“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...”

“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.”

“There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”

“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.”