Andre Malraux

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1901-11-03 – 1976-11-23

Andre Malraux was a French novelist, art theorist, and statesman. He served as France's first Minister of Cultural Affairs under Charles de Gaulle.

Quotes by Andre Malraux

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.
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Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always.
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Even the West has known the architecture of empty space, whose object, for thousands of years, has been less to construct divine houses, than to create sacred places, to seize upon mystery and to immerse man in it-whether by raising the cyclopean pedestal that surrounds him with stars, or by hollowing out the sanctuary that wraps him in haunted night.
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Art is a revolt against man's fate.
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The only domain where the divine is visible is that of art, whatever name we choose to call it.
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Seldom is a Gothic head more beautiful than when broken.
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There are not fifty ways of fighting, there is only one: to be the conqueror.
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The truth of a man is first and foremost what he hides.
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