Quote by Andre Gide
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tend

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

Other quotes by Andre Gide

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon. – Andre Gide

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

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Courage
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Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! – Andre Gide

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Change
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Many art-worlders have an if-you-say-so approach to art: Everyone is so scared of missing out on the next hot artist that its never clear whether people are liking work because they like it or because other people do. Everyone is keeping up with the Joneses, and there are more Joneses than ever. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You cant fake it… try to fake three laughs in an hour – ha ha ha ha ha – theyll take you away, man. You cant. – Lenny Bruce

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Art

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly. – Aldous Huxley

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Art

They tell you that the great painters mixed blood with their pigments. It is not true; the compound used was brains. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Art

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I had a teacher in art school who said something about the only works he really enjoyed seeing or found much in were works where he had a sense that a discovery was made in the course of making this object. I like to hold to that as my marching orders. – Martin Mull

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teacher

He hoped and prayed that there wasnt an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasnt an afterlife. – Douglas Adams

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Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way. – George Crabbe

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For me, everything is cool. – Paz Vega

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cool