Quotes by : Irving Stone

When I compare myself to the other fellows there is something stiff and awkward about me I look as if....

You can only have the courage and strength to do what you think is right. It may turn out to be wrong,....

From this vantage point he came to a realization that everything that had happened to him before this....

He was a victim of his own integrity, which forced him to do his best, even when he would have preferred....

Talent is cheap dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

It's not macho to read? Nonsense. Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-itness.....

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....

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

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