Andre Gide

"It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor."

"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."

"Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor."

"There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome."

"The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity."