Author: Andre Gide

Quotes

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

- 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

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

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

The color of truth is gray.

The color of truth is gray.

- 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

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

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

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

- 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

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