Creative Quotations from Andre Gide (1869-1951)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Andre Gide
(1869-1951) born on Nov 22

French novelist, essayist. He was the founder of the literary journal "Nouvelle Revue Francaise."

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One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.

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

The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.

It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	In "The International Thesaurus of Quotations," by Rhoda Thomas Tripp, 1995.
R:	"Journals," 12 May 1927.
A:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
N:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
K:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.