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Thursday, January 29, 2009

André Gide

" The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts ........" ~ André Gide


"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not." ~ André Gide


"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." ~ André Gide


"Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable." ~ André Gide


"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it." ~ André Gide


"Dare to be yourself." ~ André Gide


"There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me." ~ André Gide


"Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change." ~ André Gide

"Know thyself? A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly." ~ André Gide

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