When one has begun to write, the hardest thing is to be sincere. Essential to mull over that idea and to define artistic sincerity. Meanwhile, I hit upon this: the word must never precede the idea. Or else: the word must always be necessitated by the idea. It must be irresistible and inevitable; and the same is true of the sentence, of the whole work of art. And for the artist's whole life, for his vocation must be irresistible.
(Journal Entry, 1891)
Andre Gide
View Top 10 Quotes by Andre Gide (Video)
Select Andre Gide Quotations |
It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward. Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
|