Author: Andre Gide

Quotes

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

- Andre Gide

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.

- Andre Gide

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

- Andre Gide

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

- Andre Gide

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

- Andre Gide

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

- Andre Gide

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

- Andre Gide

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

- Andre Gide

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

- Andre Gide

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