“What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.”
Happiness
“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”
FearAll Quotes by Andre Gide
“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.”
Men“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.”
Art“Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.”
Change“The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.”
Art“Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.”
Respect“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”
Fear“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”
Truth“Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.”
Happiness“To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.”
Travel“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Courage“The color of truth is gray.”
Truth“Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.”
Experience“The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.”
Alone“Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.”
Art“Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.”
Art“Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.”
Beauty“No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.”
Work“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”
Inspirational“'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.”
Poetry