It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Andre Gide on age
The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. Andre Gide on alone
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Andre Gide on art
Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. Andre Gide on art
There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome. Andre Gide on art
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. Andre Gide on art
Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Andre Gide on art
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 owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one. Andre Gide on beauty
Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon. Andre Gide on beauty
Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change. Andre Gide on change
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. Andre Gide on courage
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. Andre Gide on experience
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. Andre Gide on fear
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Andre Gide on god
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness. Andre Gide on happiness
What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. Andre Gide on happiness
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. Andre Gide on inspirational
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 on men
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 on peace
'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know. Andre Gide on poetry