Andre Gide

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

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

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

"Dare to be yourself. "

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

"It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves. "

"Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain. "

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

"So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity. "

"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.' "

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