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The truth about a man lies first and foremost in what he hides.
Andre Malraux
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Andre Malraux
Age: 75 †
Born: 1901
Born: November 3
Died: 1976
Died: November 23
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There's no such thing as a grown up person.
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The only domain where the divine is visible is that of art, whatever name we choose to call it.
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Seldom is a Gothic head more beautiful than when broken.
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A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.
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Every young man's heart is a graveyard in which are inscribed the names of a thousand dead artists but whose only actual denizens are a few mighty, often antagonistic, ghosts.
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And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.
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All art is a revolt against man's fate.
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The mind supplies the idea of a nation, but what gives this idea its sentimental force is a community of dreams.
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Just as a musician loves music and not nightingales, and a poet loves poetry and not sunsets, a painter is not primarily a person who responds to figures and landscapes. He is primarily one who loves pictures.
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The world of art is not a world of immortality but of metamorphosis.
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What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.
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If man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?
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