Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. – Andre Gide
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
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. – Andre Gide
Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly. – Andre Gide