Andre Malraux
Andre Malraux
André Malraux DSOwas a French novelist, art theorist and Minister of Cultural Affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humainewon the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by President Charles de Gaulle as Minister of Informationand subsequently as France's first Minister of Cultural Affairs during de Gaulle's presidency...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth3 November 1901
CountryFrance
artist rivals world
The artist is not the transcriber of the world, he is its rival.
world purification masterpiece
Every great masterpiece is a purification of the world.
world doe genius
Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it.
artist world looks
As for the outside world, the artist is confronted by what he sees; but what he sees is primarily what he looks at.
art world metamorphosis
The world of art is not a world of immortality but of metamorphosis.
art world passing
In a world in which everything is subject to the passing of time, art alone is both subject to time and yet victorious over it.
men wish world
Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were.
art world strive
The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world.
beyond cause man restored richness sacrifice total
The total sacrifice to a cause beyond his comprehension restored a richness to man
art communication mass
You can only make art that talks to the masses when you have nothing to say to them.
artist qualms-about confusion
If modern painters feel qualms about applying the term "masterpiece" to describe a work of capital importance, this is because it has come to convey a notion of perfection: a notion that leads to much confusion when applied to artists other than those who made perfection their ideal.
men west forget
Athirst for personal salvation, the West forgets that many religions had but a vague notion of the life beyond the grave; true, all great religions stake a claim on eternity, but not necessarily on man's eternal life.
religion youth ends
Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted.
solitude endure
No one can endure his own solitude.