Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it. – Andre Malraux
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
There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman. – Andre Malraux
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
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
Then I despair… I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always. – Andre Malraux
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
Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real. – Andre Malraux
Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one’s ideas, to take a calculated risk – and to act. – Andre Malraux
Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only. – Andre Malraux