Quotes by Gide, Andre

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what yo >>

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

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to >>

Quotations about Ideas

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becom >>

But how shall I get ideas? Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Stud >>

Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free. >>

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.

Gide, Andre