Andre Gide Quotes

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

The color of truth is gray.

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

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

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious.

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

"Therefore" is a word the poet must not know.

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

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.

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

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

Art is a 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.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

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