Andre Gide Quotes
- Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. Adventure
- Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Art
- It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not. Better
- It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. Combat
- There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. Fear
- One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. Business
- Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason. Beautiful
- Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness. Adversity
- Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. Beautiful
- The color of truth is gray. Color
- The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. Alone
- Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling. Belly
- The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious. Breakup
- Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave… Beauty
- What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say… Change
- Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. Art
- God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved. Achieved
- It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward. Bent
- There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome. Art
- Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change. Accept