Author: Andre Gide

Quotes

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

- 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

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

- 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

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

- Andre Gide

The color of truth is gray.

The color of truth is gray.

- Andre Gide

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

- 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

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