The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them… — Andre Gide Character Copy Share Image
What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most. — Andre Gide Deep thought Copy Share Image
Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship. — Andre Gide Art Copy Share Image
The pettiness of a mind can be measured by the pettiness of its adoration or its blasphemy. — Andre Gide Adoration Copy Share Image
Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else. — Andre Gide Long Copy Share Image
Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain. — Andre Gide Complaining Copy Share Image
Mozart's joy is made of serenity, and a phrase of his music is like a calm thought; his simplicity is merely purity.… — Andre Gide Angel Copy Share Image
“Everything's already been said, but since nobody was listening, we have to start again.” — Andre Gide Communication Copy Share Image
Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live. — Andre Gide Decision making Copy Share Image
No encounter occured that day, and I was glad of it; I took out of my pocket a little Homer I had… — Andre Gide Alive Copy Share Image
Are you then unable to recognize unless it has the same sound as yours? — Andre Gide Apathy Copy Share Image
Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented. — Andre Gide Depression Copy Share Image
The miser puts his gold pieces into a coffer; but as soon as the coffer is closed, it is as if it… — Andre Gide Empty Copy Share Image
Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy… — Andre Gide Beautiful Copy Share Image
The reasons that drive me to write are many and the most important are the most secret, I think. Perhaps most of… — Andre Gide Death Copy Share Image
“Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.” — André Gide Trust Copy Share Image
When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools. — Andre Gide Fool Copy Share Image
Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. — Andre Gide Art Copy Share Image
“When I was younger, I used to make resolutions which imagined were virtuous. I was less anxious to be what I was,… — André Gide Growing old Copy Share Image
From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair. — Andre Gide Arise Copy Share Image
Believe in your strength and your vision. Learn to repeat to yourself, 'It all depends on me'. — Andre Gide Believe Copy Share Image
