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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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The basic problem is that our civilization, which is a civilization of machines, can teach man everything except how to be a man.
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An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.
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The terrible thing about death is that it transforms life into destiny.
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The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
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