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Andre Gide Quotes

French - Novelist | November 22, 1869 - February 19, 1951

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Courage Man Lose New Sight Shore

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Misunderstanding Amplify Most

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

Loved Better You Something Hated

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

Art Me Serenity Suits Rising Sole

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Inspirational Yourself Faithful Which

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

Time Long Lose New Long Time Sight

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

Work Art Prejudice Overcome Finally

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.

Butterfly Ugly Know Become Never

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

Experience Adventure People Succeed

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

God Art Collaboration Better Artist

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

Keep Going Experience Beginning Back

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.

Life Alone Logic Too Much Want Much

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