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Andre Gide

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

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Andre Gide suggests that true art comes from a divine influence working through the artist rather than the artist’s own efforts. The artist’s role is to allow this higher power to express itself with minimal interference.

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