Author: Andre Gide

Quotes

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

- Andre Gide

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.

- 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

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

- Andre Gide

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

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

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

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

- Andre Gide

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