On this earth of ours where everything is subject to the passing of time, one thing only is both subject to time and yet victorious over it: the work… - André Malraux

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On this earth of ours where everything is subject to the passing of time, one thing only is both subject to time and yet victorious over it: the work of art.

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About André Malraux

André Georges Malraux (November 3, 1901 – November 23, 1976) was a French novelist, adventurer, art historian and statesman. He served as Minister for Cultural Affairs from 1958 to 1969.

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Alternative Names: Georges André Malraux • Andre Malraux • Malraux • André Georges Malraux • Georges-Andre Malraux • Malraux, André • Malraux, Georges André
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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.
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Friedrich Nietzsche Albert Camus Blaise Pascal Saul Bellow George Bernard Shaw

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The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our own nothingness.
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