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If you can't make art, make your life a work of art.

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Andre Malraux
Age: 75 †
Born: 1901
Born: November 3
Died: 1976
Died: November 23
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There are not fifty ways of fighting, there is only one: to be the conqueror.
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Between eigtheen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.
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What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.
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The artist is not the transcriber of the world, he is its rival.
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An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.
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