The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious.
André Gide quote The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.
André Gide quote There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
André Gide quote There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
André Gide quote Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.
André Gide quote Not everyone can be an orphan.
André Gide quote No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.
André Gide quote Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.
André Gide quote Biography
French novelist and critic 1869-1957
