Andre Gide

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling. ”

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. ”

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly. ”

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

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ”

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 and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change. ”

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

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

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