André Gide on risk

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

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

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I…I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost1874–1963The Road Not Taken (1915), Mountain Interval (1916, 1920), The Road Not Taken, st. 4In context

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969

• Leadership

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Albert Einstein1879–1955