#or

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

— Andre Gide

#artist #better #between #collaboration #does

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all. ↗

— Andre Gide

#god #him #his #image #interesting

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. ↗

— Andre Gide

#authors #aware #become #differences #disagreement

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. ↗

— Andre Gide

#arrive #cross #frenchman #having #honor

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

#condition #except #go #good #greatest

Not everyone can be an orphan. ↗

— Andre Gide

#orphan

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. ↗

— Andre Gide

#orphan

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious. ↗

— Andre Gide

#did #i #important #important things #me

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

— Andre Gide

#happiness #only #prepares #story #told

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

— Andre Gide

#change #evil #never #struggle #work