Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
Quote by Andre Gide
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
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Andre Gide Quotes
- Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
- 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.
- Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.
- It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
- Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
- Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
- Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.
- There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
- Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
- There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
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- You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.
- Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
- These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the reason why it is so expensive, or one of the reasons, it's so expensive to run here and why so many people decide not to run.
- Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
- Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.
- Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
- I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.