Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.Andre Gide
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.Andre Gide
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.Andre Gide
Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.Andre Gide
If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.Andre Gide
In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future.Andre Gide
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.Andre Gide
No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.Andre Gide
Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves!Andre Gide
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of shore for a very long time.Andre Gide
One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But desire everything, and consequently get nothing.Andre Gide
