The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations
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 true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity
Andre Gide
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
Andre Gide
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
Andre Gide
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
Andre Gide
It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands
Andre Gide
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
Andre Gide