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.
Irving StoneI cannot draw a human figure if I don't know the order of his bones, muscles or tendons. Same is that I cannot draw a human face if I don't know what's going on his mind and heart. In order to paint life one must understand not only anatomy, but what people feel and think 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.
Irving StoneHe had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us.
Irving StoneSavoir souffrir sans se plaindre, รงa c'est la seule chose pratique, c'est la grande science, la leรงon ร apprendre, la solution du problรจme de la vie.[Knowing how to suffer without complaining is the only practical thing, it's the great science, the lesson to learn, the solution to the problem of life.]
Irving Stone