“Pay attention only to the form; emotion will come spontaneously to inhabit it. A perfect dwelling always finds an inhabitant. The artist's business is to build the dwelling; as for the inhabitant, it is up to the reader to provide him.”
Quote by Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Andre Gide was a French author born on November 22, 1869, and died on February 19, 1951. Known for his profound literary works and philosophical explorations of morality, Gide is considered one of the most important figures in 20th-century French literature. more
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