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Every creation is, at its root, the struggle between potential form and imitated form.

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Andre Malraux
Age: 75 †
Born: 1901
Born: November 3
Died: 1976
Died: November 23
Art Critic
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Film Director
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The artist is not the transcriber of the world, he is its rival.
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