Irving Stone - Lust for Life (1934)

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Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones.

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In order to paint life one must understand not only anatomy, but what people feel and thing about the world they live in. The painter who knows his own craft and nothing else will turn out to be a very superficial artist.

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The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing.

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They had painted in a grand rush to keep intact the purity of their first impression, the mood in which the motif had been conceived.

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A canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further; that is my right to paint, my reason for painting.

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Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion.

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That horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time.

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