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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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History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely for the Time of art is not the same as the Time of history.
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Some pictures are in the gallery because they belong to humanity and others because they belong to the United States.
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