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The only domain where the divine is visible is that of art, whatever name we choose to call it.
Andre Malraux
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Andre Malraux
Age: 75 †
Born: 1901
Born: November 3
Died: 1976
Died: November 23
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To understand what the outside of an aquarium looks like, it's better not to be a fish.
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The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world.
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If you can't make art, make your life a work of art.
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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.
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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.
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To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.
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All art is a revolt against man's fate.
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There are not fifty ways of fighting, there is only one: to be the conqueror.
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