Irving Stone Messages

There are neither good nor evil, only the existence and action.

Morality is similar to religion - it is a somniferous drug which blinds people from seeing the squalor of their lives.

You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe it turns out that was wrong, but still you would have done his, and it is most important.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us.

Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.

It's so easy to love. The only hard thing is to be loved. [Vincent Van Gogh]

It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?" "Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.

What we know of others is our personal secret.

The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.