Andre Gide Quotes
An opinion, though it is original, does not necessarily differ from the accepted opinion; the important thing is that it does not try to conform to it.
What eludes logic is the most precious element in us, and one can draw nothing from a syllogism that the mind has not put there in advance.
The important thing is being capable of emotions, but to experience only one's own would be a sorry limitation.
The itch is a mean, unconfessable, ridiculous malady; one can pity someone who is suffering ; someone who wants to scratch himself makes one laugh.
The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes.
Oh would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas as the tree does its withered leaves!
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of shore for a very long time.
One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything and consequently get nothing.
If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.
Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
