Art is a revolt against fate.

Quote by Andre Malraux

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Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

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

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

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

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

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

Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love...

Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love...

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to...

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to...

What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither...

There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither...

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world...

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world...

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes...

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes...

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

All art is a revolt against man's fate.