The Agony and the Ecstasy
Irving Stone
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.”
“One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.”
“It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?" "Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.”
“To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.”
“He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us.”
“The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.”
“Listen, my friend, all forms that exist in God's universe can be found in the human figure. A man's body and face can tell everything he represents. So how could I ever exhaust my interest in it?”
“An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.”
“What we know of others is our personal secret.”
“No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.”
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artists, ideas, inspiration, indignation, anger, creative-process, artist, creativity, dedication, talent, art
