Andre Malraux
Andre Malraux
André Malraux DSOwas a French novelist, art theorist and Minister of Cultural Affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humainewon the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by President Charles de Gaulle as Minister of Informationand subsequently as France's first Minister of Cultural Affairs during de Gaulle's presidency...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth3 November 1901
CountryFrance
Andre Malraux quotes about
democracy communism
Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.
self-esteem hell force
The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.
thinking people harder
Nothing is harder than to get people to think about what they are going to do.
dream long
He who has dreamed for long resembles his dream.
destiny men important
In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.
humanity united-states gallery
Some pictures are in the gallery because they belong to humanity and others because they belong to the United States.
successful perspective revolution
Since 1789 history has had a new perspective, revolution being a successful revolt, and revolt a revolution that has failed.
aquariums looks fishes
To understand what the outside of an aquarium looks like, it's better not to be a fish.
superstitions belief anarchist
Christ...an anarchist who succeeded. That's all.
dream ideas giving
The mind supplies the idea of a nation, but what gives this idea its sentimental force is a community of dreams.
destiny shapes witchcraft
If we cannot shape our destiny there as no such thing as witchcraft.
nature persons
There's no such thing as a grown up person.
artist rivals world
The artist is not the transcriber of the world, he is its rival.
solitude endure
No one can endure his own solitude.