Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
ANDRE GIDEMan cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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The color of truth is gray.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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