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In so far as he is a creator, the artist does not belong to a social group already moulded by a culture, but to a culture which he is by way of building up.
Andre Malraux
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Andre Malraux
Age: 75 †
Born: 1901
Born: November 3
Died: 1976
Died: November 23
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In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.
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One can fool life for a long time, but in the end it always makes us what we were intended to be.
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Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it.
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Though man's feeling for the other-worldly often has recourse to solitude, solitude does not foster its development rather, it is nourished by communion, to which the church is more propitious than the cemetery.
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War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.
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If we cannot shape our destiny there as no such thing as witchcraft.
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And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.
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Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.
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