Quotes from Irving Stone

Art destroys the life.

Teorija je samo oru?e. Ako jedno ne završi posao, moraš da napraviš drugo.

The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.

Savoir souffrir sans se plaindre, ça c'est la seule chose partique, c'est la grande science, la leçon à apprendre, la solution du problème de la vie.

The most important thing to do is to make the judge want to decide things your way, Darrow advised one of his younger partners. They are human beings, moved by the same things that move other human beings. The point of law merely give the judge a reason for doing what you have already made him want to do.

Cruelty is a child of ignorance, and someday men will stop judging and condemning each other. I am really more interested in this than anything else; I wish I could make the world kinder and more humane than it is.

Možeš da kažeš šta ti je volja, sve dok ne osporavaš moju re?.

Dintotdeauna cititul însemnase pentru el bucuria cea mai mare È™i mai statornic?, È™i cu atât mai mult îl pasiona acum, când în povestea triumfului sau a înfrângerilor, a suferinÈ›elor sau a bucuriilor altora g?sea o evadare din umbra st?ruitoare a propriei sale nereuÈ™ite... în fiecare carte pe care o citea încerca s? descopere È›elul care ar putea da vieÈ›ii lui un nou sens.

ViaÈ›a îns??i îndreapt? spre om o fa?? goal?, nep?s?toare, descurajant?, pe care nu se citeÈ™te nimic, ca È™i pe pânza asta goal?. Dar omul nu se sperie de acest gol, p??eÈ™te plin de încredere È™i de curaj, se zbate, cl?deÈ™te, creeaz?, È™i pân? la urm?, pânza nu va mai r?mâne goal?, ci se acoper? cu formele bogate ale vieÈ›ii.

Toat? marea literatur? are un caracter universal. Altfel piere.

No excellent soul is exempt from mixture of madness

Michelangelo felt ill. He asked himself if what he was feeling was fear. Yet he knew that it was something more, something in his experience akin to the sacking of the Medici palace, the deterioration of Piero, an awareness of the senseless destructiveness that lay inherent in time and space, ready to lash out and destroy.

Nikada ne možete biti sigurni u nešto sve vreme. Možete imati samo odvažnosti i snage da u?inite ono što mislite da je pravo. Možda ?e se to kasnije pokazati kao neta?no, ali vi ste ga bar u?inili, a to je ono što je važno.

Even in your kindness there is a cruel revelation. Life is cruel, never love.

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. Never forget that!

Nijedna savršena duša nije lišena neke mešavine ludila. Aristotel

Jer ako dodate samo malo na malo, i to ?esto ?inite, uskoro ?e malo postati veliko.

Inside yourself you're strong. That's the place where strength counts. Strength shows not only in how fast you can chop down trees.' -p. 5

You know, Nabby, there's mighty few pleasures in life to equal doing one's job. It is an act of love… -p. 131

Art has an enemy called ignorance

Scriitorul È™i pictorul folosesc mijloace diferite, proprii artei fiec?ruia, dar exprim? acelaÈ™i gând.

Puterea oamenilor seam?n? foarte mult cu desenul. Întreaga perspectiv? se modific? o dat? cu schimbarea unghiului de vedere, È™i asta nu depinde de subiect, ci de cel care priveÈ™te.

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's nothing romantic about my work... I don't believe in inspiration. I believe that you get to your desk, you stay there, you work, you think of nothing else. You write and you write, and in the end, you write something good.