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Andre Malraux Quotes

One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say Picture Quote #1

Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate Picture Quote #1

The only domain where the divine is visible is that of art, whatever name we choose to call it Picture Quote #1

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously Picture Quote #1

The world of art is not a world of immortality but of metamorphosis Picture Quote #1

The terrible thing about death is that it transforms life into destiny Picture Quote #1

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All art is a revolt against man’s fate Picture Quote #1

An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please Picture Quote #1

The next century’s task will be to rediscover its gods Picture Quote #1

A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life’s problems without asking its question Picture Quote #1

I don’t argue with my enemies; I explain to their children Picture Quote #1

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted Picture Quote #1

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Every young man’s heart is a graveyard in which are inscribed the names of a thousand dead artists but whose only actual denizens are a few mighty, often antagonistic, ghosts Picture Quote #1

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to say that the masterpiece to which you are paying historic homage this evening is a painting which he has saved Picture Quote #1

Our civilization … is not devaluing its awareness of the unknowable; nor is it deifying it. It is the first civilization that has severed it from religion and superstition. In order to question it Picture Quote #1

A large share of our art heritage is now derived from peoples whose idea of art was quite other than ours, and even from peoples to whom the very idea of art meant nothing Picture Quote #1

In ceasing to subordinate creative power to any supreme value, modern art has brought home to us the presence of that creative power throughout the whole history of art Picture Quote #1

Our art culture makes no attempt to search the past for precedents, but transforms the entire past into a sequence of provisional responses to a problem that remains intact Picture Quote #1

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The extermination camps, in endeavoring to turn man into a beast, intimated that it is not life alone which makes him man Picture Quote #1

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing Picture Quote #1

As for the outside world, the artist is confronted by what he sees; but what he sees is primarily what he looks at Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it Picture Quote #1

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were Picture Quote #1

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Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten Picture Quote #1

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our own nothingness Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say (Andre Malraux Quotes) Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate (Andre Malraux Quotes) The only domain where the divine is visible is that of art, whatever name we choose to call it (Andre Malraux Quotes) War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously (Andre Malraux Quotes) The world of art is not a world of immortality but of metamorphosis (Andre Malraux Quotes) The terrible thing about death is that it transforms life into destiny (Andre Malraux Quotes) All art is a revolt against man’s fate (Andre Malraux Quotes) An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please (Andre Malraux Quotes) The next century’s task will be to rediscover its gods (Andre Malraux Quotes) A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life’s problems without asking its question (Andre Malraux Quotes) I don’t argue with my enemies; I explain to their children (Andre Malraux Quotes) Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted (Andre Malraux Quotes) Every young man’s heart is a graveyard in which are inscribed the names of a thousand dead artists but whose only actual denizens are a few mighty, often antagonistic, ghosts (Andre Malraux Quotes) To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to say that the masterpiece to which you are paying historic homage this evening is a painting which he has saved (Andre Malraux Quotes) Our civilization … is not devaluing its awareness of the unknowable; nor is it deifying it. It is the first civilization that has severed it from religion and superstition. In order to question it (Andre Malraux Quotes) A large share of our art heritage is now derived from peoples whose idea of art was quite other than ours, and even from peoples to whom the very idea of art meant nothing (Andre Malraux Quotes) In ceasing to subordinate creative power to any supreme value, modern art has brought home to us the presence of that creative power throughout the whole history of art (Andre Malraux Quotes) Our art culture makes no attempt to search the past for precedents, but transforms the entire past into a sequence of provisional responses to a problem that remains intact (Andre Malraux Quotes) The extermination camps, in endeavoring to turn man into a beast, intimated that it is not life alone which makes him man (Andre Malraux Quotes) Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing (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 (Andre Malraux Quotes) 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 (Andre Malraux Quotes) Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it (Andre Malraux Quotes) Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were (Andre Malraux Quotes) Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real (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 (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 (Andre Malraux Quotes) The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten (Andre Malraux Quotes) The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our own nothingness (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 (Andre Malraux Quotes)

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