ANDRÉ GIDE, French writer, Nobel laureate died (b. 1869); Not unlike Gore Vidal and Truman Capote sniping at one another like Paulette Goddard and Rosalind Russell in The Women, the feud between Gide and Jean Cocteau was a low point in both their careers. The feud, which lasted for more than forty years, all public, stemmed from simple, mortal jealousy between these two cultural gods. Gide was enraged that Cocteau had kept his young lover, Marc Allégret out all night and had, presumably, slept with him. Gide confessed years later that he wanted to kill his rival but decided the word was bloodier than the sword.
TODAY'S GAY WISDOM
The wisdom of Andre Gide:
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist and the less the artist does the better - Andre Gide
Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable - Andre Gide
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. - Andre Gide
Dare to be yourself. - Andre Gide
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. - Andre Gide
It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves, in finding themselves. - Andre Gide
Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless, No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain. - Andre Gide
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time - Andre Gide
So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity - Andre Gide
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