The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a private one created by himself.
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To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.Andre Malraux
Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it.
Andre Malraux
An art book is a museum without walls.
Andre Malraux
Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.
Andre Malraux
To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to say that the masterpiece to which you are paying historic homage this evening is a painting which he has saved.
Andre Malraux
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
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