Andre Malraux Quotes

France, Author
November 3, 1901 – November, 23, 1976.

Georges André Malraux also known as André Malraux DSO (French: [ɑ̃dʁe malʁo]) was a French novelist, art theorist and Minister of Cultural Affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine (Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by President Charles de Gaulle as Minister of Information (1945–46) and subsequently as France's first Minister of Cultural Affairs during de Gaulle's presidency (1959–69).

Also known as Novelist, Minister

What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.

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- Man
- Secrets
- Pile
Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

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- Man
- Thinks
- Hides

The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten.

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- Life
- Important
- Beaten
In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.

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Nothing is harder than to get people to think about what they are going to do.

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- People
- Going
- To Do
Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved.

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- Art
- Culture
- Enslaved
To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

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- Serve
- Command
A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.

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- Question
- Problems
- Leader

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

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- Life
- Work
- Art
The world of art is not a world of immortality but of metamorphosis.

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- World
- Art
- Immortality
I don't argue with my enemies; I explain to their children.

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- Children
- Enemies
- Explain