An individualism which has got beyond the stage of hedonism tends to yield to the lure of the grandiose. It was not man, the individual, nor even the Supreme Being, that Robespierre set up against Christ; it was that Leviathan, the Nation.
Here, reality is not subordinated to painting, indeed painting seems the handmaid of reality, though we feel it tending towards a procedure which, wh… - Andre Malraux
Here, reality is not subordinated to painting, indeed painting seems the handmaid of reality, though we feel it tending towards a procedure which, wh…
- Andre Malraux
In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers. - Andre Malraux
In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.
Since 1789 history has had a new perspective, revolution being a successful revolt, and revolt a revolution that has failed. - Andre Malraux
Since 1789 history has had a new perspective, revolution being a successful revolt, and revolt a revolution that has failed.
Athirst for personal salvation, the West forgets that many religions had but a vague notion of the life beyond the grave; true, all great religions s… - Andre Malraux
Athirst for personal salvation, the West forgets that many religions had but a vague notion of the life beyond the grave; true, all great religions s…
The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be. - Andre Malraux
The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be.
If you can't make art, make your life a work of art. - Andre Malraux
If you can't make art, make your life a work of art.
If we cannot shape our destiny there as no such thing as witchcraft. - Andre Malraux
If we cannot shape our destiny there as no such thing as witchcraft.
Seldom is a Gothic head more beautiful than when broken. - Andre Malraux
Seldom is a Gothic head more beautiful than when broken.
In art, we are the first heirs of all the earth. . . . Accidents impair and Time transforms, but it is we who choose. - Andre Malraux
In art, we are the first heirs of all the earth. . . . Accidents impair and Time transforms, but it is we who choose.
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