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

Quote by Andre Gide

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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

Not everyone can be an orphan.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

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.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what...

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what...

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

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.

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

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...

Understanding is the beginning of approving

Understanding is the beginning of approving

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...

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...

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...