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Art's a staple. Like bread or ...

Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.

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His mind was like a soup dish,...

His mind was like a soup dish, wide and shallow; it could hold a small amount of nearly anything, but the slightest jarring spilled the soup into somebody's lap

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How can a young person learn w...

How can a young person learn whether he chose the correct way? He thinks he has a special idea, and then he discovers that he is completely inappropriate for it.

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I knew that I had to find out ...

I knew that I had to find out more about van Gogh. Even though I was far too young, and felt I did not have sufficient technique to write a book about Vincent van Gogh, I knew I had to try. If I didn't I would never write anything else.

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I spend several years trying t...

I spend several years trying to get inside the brain and heart of my subjects, listening to the interior monologues in their letters, and when I have to bridge the chasms between the factual evidence, I try to make an intuitive leap through the eyes and motivation of the person I'm writing about.

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Pleasure is one of the most im...

Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.

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Reading is a stouthearted acti...

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.

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The writer ... an athlete requ...

The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning.

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There is no thrill of mortal d...

There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before.

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To be an artist is first to be...

To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer.

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What we know of others is our ...

What we know of others is our personal secret.

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An artist would not rise above...

An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.

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Do not call yourself old. A ma...

Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.

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Story writers say that love is...

Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at the altar. How blind they are. The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

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When I have trouble writing, I...

When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I find weeding to be the best therapy there is for writer's block.

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You cannot be firmly certain a...

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.

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Everyone has their own persona...

Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only.

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Reading has always been the la...

Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent; reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures.

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I will be an artist. I am sure...

I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]

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Nature always resists the arti...

Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.

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