Quotes by : Irving Stone

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....

We...believe that art is religious, because it is one of man's highest aspirations. There is no such....

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.

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

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

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

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

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