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Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is over

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

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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. – Andre Gide

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

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

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Out with stereotypes, feminism proclaims. But stereotypes are the wests stunning sexual personae, the vehicles of arts assault against nature. The moment there is imagination, there is myth. – Camille Paglia

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All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent. – John Ruskin

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A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection. – Oscar Wilde

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