Andre Malraux

The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.

—Andre Malraux

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

—Andre Malraux

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

—Andre Malraux

Be careful -- with quotations, you can damn anything.

—Andre Malraux

An art book is a museum without walls.

—Andre Malraux