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The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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Let the dead bury the dead. There is not a single word of Christ to which the Christian religion has paid less attention.
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The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.
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You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else.
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An experience teaches only the good observer but far from seeking a lesson in it, everyone looks for an argument in experience, and everyone interprets the conclusion in his own way.
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We call happiness a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy.
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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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