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.

Quote by Andre Malraux

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Art is a revolt against fate.

Art is a revolt against fate.

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.

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

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random...

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random...

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought,...

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought,...

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.

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by...

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by...

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.

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

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

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

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

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...

An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.

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...

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.

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...

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...

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

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.