Andre Maurois
Andre Maurois
André Mauroiswas a French author...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 July 1885
CountryFrance
Andre Maurois quotes about
art real effort
Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world.
running son men
An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm.
anger agreement desire
Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true. Everything that is not puts us in a rage.
effectiveness progression increase
The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
hands style definitions
Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
opinion arguing argument
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
writing negative novel
The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.
book reading soul
The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.
respite
Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.
two ships wave
Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.
discipline routine needs
All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.
inspirational character destiny
If you create a character, you create a destiny.
spring writing men
The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action.
writing maturity expectations
Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation and the disillusioning knowledge of truth. 'Lost Illusion' is the undisclosed title of every novel.