Quotes by Andre Gide

"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better."

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

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"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."

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

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"It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves."

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

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"Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness."

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"Be faithful to that which exists within yourself."

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"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."

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

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

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

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