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Andre Malraux quotes: The men of my race arrive on wingless, eyeless ships. The men of my race arrive on wingless, eyeless ships.
Andre Malraux quotes: I don't argue with my enemies; I explain to their children. I don't argue with my enemies; I explain to their children.
Andre Malraux quotes: A break in the established order is never the work of chance. It is the outcome of a man's resolve to turn life to account. A break in the established order is never the work of chance. It is the outcome of a man's resolve to turn life to account.
Andre Malraux quotes: Nothing is harder than to get people to think about what they are going to do. Nothing is harder than to get people to think about what they are going to do.
Andre Malraux quotes: The world of art is not a world of immortality but of metamorphosis. The world of art is not a world of immortality but of metamorphosis.
Andre Malraux quotes: You can only make art that talks to the masses when you have nothing to say to them. You can only make art that talks to the masses when you have nothing to say to them.
Andre Malraux quotes: Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it. Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it.
Andre Malraux quotes: The truth about a man lies first and foremost in what he hides. The truth about a man lies first and foremost in what he hides.
Andre Malraux quotes: The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a private one created by himself. The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a private one created by himself.
Andre Malraux quotes: Since 1789 history has had a new perspective, revolution being a successful revolt, and revolt a revolution that has failed. Since 1789 history has had a new perspective, revolution being a successful revolt, and revolt a revolution that has failed.
Andre Malraux quotes: There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases. There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases.
Andre Malraux quotes: What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets. What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.
Andre Malraux quotes: Be carefulwith quotations, you can damn anything. Be careful
with quotations, you can damn anything.
Andre Malraux quotes: There's no such thing as a grown up person. There's no such thing as a grown up person.
Andre Malraux quotes: I seek the crucial region of the soul where absolute Evil and fraternity clash. I seek the crucial region of the soul where absolute Evil and fraternity clash.
Andre Malraux quotes: Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate. Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate.
Andre Malraux quotes: He who has dreamed for long resembles his dream. He who has dreamed for long resembles his dream.
Andre Malraux quotes: Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides. Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.
Andre Malraux quotes: If we cannot shape our destiny there as no such thing as witchcraft. If we cannot shape our destiny there as no such thing as witchcraft.
Andre Malraux quotes: In a world in which everything is subject to the passing of time, art alone is both subject to time and yet victorious over it. In a world in which everything is subject to the passing of time, art alone is both subject to time and yet victorious over it.
Andre Malraux quotes: To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less. To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.
Andre Malraux quotes: There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman. There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.
Andre Malraux quotes: Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were. Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were.
Andre Malraux quotes: In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers. In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.
Andre Malraux quotes: Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved
Andre Malraux quotes: The only domain where the divine is visible is that of art, whatever name we choose to call it. The only domain where the divine is visible is that of art, whatever name we choose to call it.
Andre Malraux quotes: Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism. Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.
Andre Malraux quotes: As for the outside world, the artist is confronted by what he sees; but what he sees is primarily what he looks at. As for the outside world, the artist is confronted by what he sees; but what he sees is primarily what he looks at.
Andre Malraux quotes: Chanel, General De Gaulle and Picasso are the three most important figures of our time. Chanel, General De Gaulle and Picasso are the three most important figures of our time.
Andre Malraux quotes: A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question. A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.
Andre Malraux quotes: To understand what the outside of an aquarium looks like, it's better not to be a fish. To understand what the outside of an aquarium looks like, it's better not to be a fish.
Andre Malraux quotes: An art book is a museum without walls. An art book is a museum without walls.
Andre Malraux quotes: The mind supplies the idea of a nation, but what gives this idea its sentimental force is a community of dreams. The mind supplies the idea of a nation, but what gives this idea its sentimental force is a community of dreams.
Andre Malraux quotes: In literature, as in Life, one is often astonished by what is chosen by others. In literature, as in Life, one is often astonished by what is chosen by others.
Andre Malraux quotes: No one can endure his own solitude. No one can endure his own solitude.
Andre Malraux quotes: War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously. War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.
Andre Malraux quotes: An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please. An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.
Andre Malraux quotes: Every great masterpiece is a purification of the world. Every great masterpiece is a purification of the world.
Andre Malraux quotes: If you can't make art, make your life a work of art. If you can't make art, make your life a work of art.
Andre Malraux quotes: The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world. The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world.
Andre Malraux quotes: In art, we are the first heirs of all the earth ... Accidents impair and Time transforms, but it is we who choose. In art, we are the first heirs of all the earth ... Accidents impair and Time transforms, but it is we who choose.
Andre Malraux quotes: The terrible thing about death is that it transforms life into destiny. The terrible thing about death is that it transforms life into destiny.
Andre Malraux quotes: One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say. One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say.
Andre Malraux quotes: The truth of a man is first and foremost what he hides. The truth of a man is first and foremost what he hides.
Andre Malraux quotes: Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted. Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted.
Andre Malraux quotes: The artist is not the transcriber of the world, he is its rival. The artist is not the transcriber of the world, he is its rival.
Andre Malraux quotes: Christ ... an anarchist who succeeded. That's all. Christ ... an anarchist who succeeded. That's all.
Andre Malraux quotes: One can fool life for a long time, but in the end it always makes us what we were intended to be. One can fool life for a long time, but in the end it always makes us what we were intended to be.
Andre Malraux quotes: If man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity? If man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?
Andre Malraux quotes: The next century's task will be to rediscover its gods. The next century's task will be to rediscover its gods.
Andre Malraux quotes: Between eigtheen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing. Between eigtheen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.
Andre Malraux quotes: And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own. And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.
Andre Malraux quotes: Every creation is, at its root, the struggle between potential form and imitated form. Every creation is, at its root, the struggle between potential form and imitated form.
Andre Malraux quotes: Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real. Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real.
Andre Malraux quotes: The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be. The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be.
Andre Malraux quotes: The basic problem is that our civilization, which is a civilization of machines, can teach man everything except how to be a man. The basic problem is that our civilization, which is a civilization of machines, can teach man everything except how to be a man.
Andre Malraux quotes: To love a painting is to feel that this presence is ... not an object but a voice. To love a painting is to feel that this presence is ... not an object but a voice.
Andre Malraux quotes: The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell. The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.
Andre Malraux quotes: Some pictures are in the gallery because they belong to humanity and others because they belong to the United States. Some pictures are in the gallery because they belong to humanity and others because they belong to the United States.
Andre Malraux quotes: The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself. The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
Andre Malraux quotes: Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only. Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.
Andre Malraux quotes: Seldom is a Gothic head more beautiful than when broken. Seldom is a Gothic head more beautiful than when broken.

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