Andre Gide

I have always thought that great artists were those who dared to confer the right of beauty on things so natural that people say on seeing them, ‘Why did I never realize before that that was beautiful too?’

André Gide

I have no use for knowledge that has not been preceded by a sensation.

André Gide

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

André Gide

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

André Gide

If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one’s youth, one’s greatest indignation would be for what one has become.

André Gide

If your target as a Muslim artist, writer or speaker is to target only Muslims you need to rethink your plan.

André Gide

In a world in which everyone cheats, it’s the honest man who passes for a charlatan.

André Gide

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.

André Gide

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself.

André Gide

It is good to follow one’s own bent, so long as it leads upward.

André Gide