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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 Picture Quote #1

One can fool life for a long time, but in the end it always makes us what we were intended to be Picture Quote #1

Nothing is harder than to get people to think about what they are going to do Picture Quote #1

To understand what the outside of an aquarium looks like, it’s better not to be a fish Picture Quote #1

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

The thrill of creation which we experience which we experience when we see a masterpiece is not unlike the feeling of the artist who created it; such a work is a fragment of the world which he has annexed and which belongs to him alone Picture Quote #1

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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is... not an object but a voice Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The basic problem is that our civilization, which is a civilization of machines, can teach man everything except how to be a man Picture Quote #1

The mind supplies the idea of a nation, but what gives this idea its sentimental force is a community of dreams Picture Quote #1

You can only make art that talks to the masses when you have nothing to say to them Picture Quote #1

Here, reality is not subordinated to painting, indeed painting seems the handmaid of reality, though we feel it tending towards a procedure which, while not at the mercy of appearances, is not yet in conflict with them Picture Quote #1

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In so far as he is a creator, the artist does not belong to a social group already moulded by a culture, but to a culture which he is by way of building up Picture Quote #1

Just as a musician loves music and not nightingales, and a poet loves poetry and not sunsets, a painter is not primarily a person who responds to figures and landscapes. He is primarily one who loves pictures 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

In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man’s questionings is more important than his answers Picture Quote #1

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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) 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) Nothing is harder than to get people to think about what they are going to do (Andre Malraux Quotes) To understand what the outside of an aquarium looks like, it’s better not to be a fish (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 (Andre Malraux Quotes) The thrill of creation which we experience which we experience when we see a masterpiece is not unlike the feeling of the artist who created it; such a work is a fragment of the world which he has annexed and which belongs to him alone (Andre Malraux Quotes) To love a painting is to feel that this presence is... not an object but a voice (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 (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 (Andre Malraux Quotes) The mind supplies the idea of a nation, but what gives this idea its sentimental force is a community of dreams (Andre Malraux Quotes) You can only make art that talks to the masses when you have nothing to say to them (Andre Malraux Quotes) Here, reality is not subordinated to painting, indeed painting seems the handmaid of reality, though we feel it tending towards a procedure which, while not at the mercy of appearances, is not yet in conflict with them (Andre Malraux Quotes) In so far as he is a creator, the artist does not belong to a social group already moulded by a culture, but to a culture which he is by way of building up (Andre Malraux Quotes) Just as a musician loves music and not nightingales, and a poet loves poetry and not sunsets, a painter is not primarily a person who responds to figures and landscapes. He is primarily one who loves pictures (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) In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man’s questionings is more important than his answers (Andre Malraux Quotes)

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