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| Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Les hasards heureux de l'escarpolette, 1767-1769 |
Today's quote from the journal of André Gide dates from August 3, 1935. Tomorrow I will publish a longer entry on the same subject, written the following day, which delves deeper into the question of social class, poverty and the lust for life. As perhaps you have already understood from the entries I have published thus far that André Gide defied social categories and refused to align himself with any ideology other than that of pure creativity.
"It would be good for the voice of the poor, which has been silenced much too long, to manage to be heard. But I cannot admit to only hear this one voice. Man does not cease to be of interest to me when he stops being wretched: on the contrary. It goes without saying that it is important to to help him, just like we first must water a plant; but it's in order to obtain the flower, and that is my concern." - André Gide
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