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
dream ideas giving
The mind supplies the idea of a nation, but what gives this idea its sentimental force is a community of dreams.
men solitude feelings
Though man's feeling for the other-worldly often has recourse to solitude, solitude does not foster its development; rather, it is nourished by communion, to which the church is more propitious than the cemetery.
struggle men artist
The ordinary man puts up a struggle against all that is not himself, whereas it is against himself, in a limited but all-essential field, that the artist has to battle.
art heirs firsts
In art, we are the first heirs of all the earth. . . . Accidents impair and Time transforms, but it is we who choose.
superstitions belief anarchist
Christ...an anarchist who succeeded. That's all.
aquariums looks fishes
To understand what the outside of an aquarium looks like, it's better not to be a fish.
world purification masterpiece
Every great masterpiece is a purification of the world.
successful perspective revolution
Since 1789 history has had a new perspective, revolution being a successful revolt, and revolt a revolution that has failed.
art works-of-art ifs
If you can't make art, make your life a work of art.
lying men firsts
The truth about a man lies first and foremost in what he hides.
struggle roots creation
Every creation is, at its root, the struggle between potential form and imitated form.
humanity united-states gallery
Some pictures are in the gallery because they belong to humanity and others because they belong to the United States.
men risk dignity
If man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?
art understanding may
History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely; for the Time of art is not the same as the Time of history.