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
art revolt
Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate.
things-in-life important life-is
The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten.
destiny life-and-death terrible
The terrible thing about death is that it transforms life into destiny.
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.
superstitions belief anarchist
Christ...an anarchist who succeeded. That's all.
destiny shapes witchcraft
If we cannot shape our destiny there as no such thing as witchcraft.
love-picture sunset landscape
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.