Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. – Andre Gide
Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. – Andre Gide
Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! – Andre Gide
The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities…. I listen to them and they go away delighted. – Andre Gide