Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Andre Gide Read Quote
It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle. Andre Gide Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. Andre Gide Read Quote
To what a degree the same past can leave different marks – and especially admit of different interpretations. Andre Gide Read Quote
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. Andre Gide Read Quote