The thrill of creation which we experience which we experience when we see a masterpiece is not unlike the feeling of the artist who created it; such a work is a fragment of the world which he has annexed and which belongs to him alone. Andre Malraux More Quotes by Andre Malraux More Quotes From Andre Malraux Chanel, General De Gaulle and Picasso are the three most important figures of our time. Andre Malraux figures three important Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it. Andre Malraux genius doe world 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 passing world art In the course of history, all empires have been created with premeditation, by an effort often sustained over several generations. Every power has been Roman to a degree. The United States is the first nation to become the most powerful in the world without having sought to be so. Its exceptional energy and organization have never been oriented toward conquest. Andre Malraux effort powerful organization As for the outside world, the artist is confronted by what he sees; but what he sees is primarily what he looks at. Andre Malraux artist looks world Between eigtheen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing. Andre Malraux business men life Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only. Andre Malraux style age may A break in the established order is never the work of chance. It is the outcome of a man's resolve to turn life to account. Andre Malraux outcomes men order Every young man's heart is a graveyard in which are inscribed the names of a thousand dead artists but whose only actual denizens are a few mighty, often antagonistic, ghosts. Andre Malraux artist heart men If we cannot shape our destiny there as no such thing as witchcraft. Andre Malraux witchcraft destiny shapes You can only make art that talks to the masses when you have nothing to say to them. Andre Malraux mass communication art War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously. Andre Malraux war Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real. Andre Malraux teach real suffering There are not fifty ways of fighting, there is only one: to be the conqueror. Andre Malraux fighting fifty way Seldom is a Gothic head more beautiful than when broken. Andre Malraux gothic broken beautiful The only domain where the divine is visible is that of art, whatever name we choose to call it. Andre Malraux divine names art The truth about a man lies first and foremost in what he hides. Andre Malraux men lying firsts Since 1789 history has had a new perspective, revolution being a successful revolt, and revolt a revolution that has failed. Andre Malraux perspective revolution successful Every great masterpiece is a purification of the world. Andre Malraux purification masterpiece world The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell. Andre Malraux despise hell self-esteem
