Andre Malraux

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#age #always #been #brutal #however

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a private one created by himself. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#become #created #crucial #discovery #had

There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#doing #fifty #fighting #neither #nor

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#command #less #more #nothing #serve

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to say that the masterpiece to which you are paying historic homage this evening is a painting which he has saved. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#evening #historic #homage #humblest #i

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#china #intoxication #islam #need #opium

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#peace #puts #questions #stupidly #war

Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#against #fate #man #revolt