"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not."
"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."
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Source: Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.306, Routledge
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