8 Andre Gide Quotes on Art

Andre Gide quotes on art

7. Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

8. C'est avec de beaux sentiments qu'on fait de la mauvaise litterature.

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

15. Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

38. The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

44. There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

45. 'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.

53. If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn't hesitate to do so.