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Andre Malraux quotes

French Author November 3, 1901 – November 23, 1976

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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. Andre Malraux
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
I've been very near death. And you can't imagine the wild elation of those moments- it's the sudden glimpse of the absurdity of life that brings it- when one meets death face to face." The Royal Way (1935) Andre Malraux
Andre Malraux quote: "In literature, as in Life, one is often astonished by what is..."
In literature, as in Life, one is often astonished by what is chosen by others. Andre Malraux
Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act. Andre Malraux
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
The day may come when, contemplating a world given back to the primeval forst, a human survivor will have no means of even guessing how much intelligence Man once imposed upon the forms of the earth, when he set up the stones of Florence in the billowing expanse of the Tuscan olive-groves. No trace will be left then of the palaces that saw Michelangelo pass by, nursing his grievances against Raphael; and nothing of the little Paris cafes where Renoir once sat beside Cezanne, Van Gogh beside... Andre Malraux
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
Andre Malraux quote: "An art book is a museum without walls."
An art book is a museum without walls. Andre Malraux
Andre Malraux quote: "Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its..."
Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only. Andre Malraux
Andre Malraux quote: "War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously."
War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously. Andre Malraux
The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness. Andre Malraux
Andre Malraux quote: "Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against..."
Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate. Andre Malraux
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
Andre Malraux quote: "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

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