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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.

Andre Malraux

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Andre Malraux
Age: 75 †
Born: 1901
Born: November 3
Died: 1976
Died: November 23
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