List of Andre Gide Quotes

There Is No Work Of Art That Is Without Short Cuts.

God Depends On Us. It Is Through Us That God Is Achieved.

I Prefer Granting With A Good Grace What I Know I Shan't Be Able To Prevent.

Families, I Hate You! Shut-in Homes, Closed Doors, Jealous Possessors Of Happiness

Atheism. There Is Not A Single Exalting And Emancipating Influence That Does Not In Turn Become Inhibitory.

Obsessions Of The Orient, Of The Desert, Of Its Ardor And Its Emptiness, Of The Shadows Of Palm Gardens, Of The Garments White And Wide - Obsessions Where The Senses Go Berserk, Where Nerves Are Exasperated, And Which Made Me, At The Onset Of Each Night, Believe Sleep Impossible.

The True Return To Nature Is The Definitive Return To The Elements-death.

Every Perfect Action Is Accompanied By Pleasure. By That You Can Tell What You Ought To Do.

I Advise The Young To Tell Themselves Constantly That Most Often It Is Up To Them Alone.

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.

The Artist Who Is After Success Lets Himself Be Influenced By The Public. Generally Such An Artist Contributes Nothing New, For The Public Acclaims Only What It Already Knows, What It Recognizes.

Oh, Would That My Mind Could Let Fall Its Dead Ideas, As The Tree Does Its Withered Leaves! And Without Too Many Regrets, If Possible! Those From Which The Sap Has Withdrawn. But, Good Lord, What Beautiful Colors!