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Andre Gide quotes

French Novelist December 22, 1869 – February 19, 1951

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Wild animals passed on their way under the leaves; each track was an arterial road; and when I stooped and looked at the earth close to, I saw, from leaf to leaf and flower to flower, a moving host of insects. Andre Gide
Andre Gide quote: "Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change."
Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change. Andre Gide
We prefer to go deformed and distorted all our lives rather than not resemble the portrait of ourselves which we ourselves have first drawn. It’s absurd. We run the risk of warping what’s best in us Andre Gide
They establish distinctions and reserves which I cannot apply to myself, for I exist only as a whole; my only claim is to be natural, and the pleasure I feel in an action, I take as a sign that I ought to do it. Andre Gide
Andre Gide quote: "We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were..."
We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see. Andre Gide
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. Andre Gide
I am lost if I attempt to take count of chronology. When I think over the past, I am like a person whose eyes cannot properly measure distances and is liable to think things extremely remote which on examination prove to be quite near. Andre Gide
Andre Gide quote: "Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in..."
Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all. Andre Gide
Andre Gide quote: "The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling."
The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling. Andre Gide
Andre Gide quote: "Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the..."
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Andre Gide
Andre Gide quote: "Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the..."
Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Andre Gide
The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him -- I could hit on nothing that wasn't charming. It's wonderful how hard I find it not to be fascinating. Andre Gide
The reasons that drive me to write are many and the most important are the most secret, I think. Perhaps most of all this: to put something out of death's reach. Andre Gide
Andre Gide quote: "I prefer granting with a good grace what I know I shan't be..."
I prefer granting with a good grace what I know I shan't be able to prevent. Andre Gide
Andre Gide quote: "We who would seek new land must be willing to sacrifice the..."
We who would seek new land must be willing to sacrifice the sight of shore for a long, long time. Andre Gide

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