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

Quote by Andre Gide

Topics: Adventure Quotes, Discovery Quotes, Inspiration Quotes, Risk-taking Quotes

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

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

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

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

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

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece...

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece...

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what...

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.

The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

The color of truth is gray.

The color of truth is gray.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

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

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

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There...

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There...

In art the best is good enough.

In art the best is good enough.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

If God created shadows, it was to better emphasize the light.

If God created shadows, it was to better emphasize the light.