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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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...

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.

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 essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre...

It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre...

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging,...

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging,...

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.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

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...

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

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.

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

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

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

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely...

The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely...

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...

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

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

The color of truth is gray.

The color of truth is gray.

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who...

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who...

Truth is child of Time

Truth is child of Time