Malraux
The Iconoclast
Art is an anti-destiny. André cried it. Adventurer, minister, visionary. He lived as he wrote: on fire.
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Life and journey
André was a wildfire. Adventurer, resistance fighter, minister.
Their thought
Tragic humanism. Art as 'anti-destiny'. brotherhood in combat.
What they leave us
epic work where politics and metaphysics join.
Major works
Man's Fate (1933).
Man's Hope (1937).
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7 quotes
“L'art est un anti-destin.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Art is an anti-destiny.”
— Les Voix du silence
“Une vie ne vaut rien, mais rien ne vaut une vie.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“A life is worth nothing, but nothing is worth a life.”
— Les Conquérants
“Le XXIe siècle sera religieux ou ne sera pas.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The 21st century will be religious or it will not be.”
— Attribué
“La culture ne s'hérite pas, elle se conquiert.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Culture is not inherited, it is conquered.”
— Discours
“Le courage est une chose qui s'organise.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Courage is something that is organized.”
— L'Espoir
“La plus belle sépulture des morts, c'est la mémoire des vivants.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The most beautiful burial for the dead is the memory of the living.”
— Inconnu
“Le plus difficile, pour un homme qui habite un pays sans liberté, n'est pas de devenir libre, c'est de rester libre.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The hardest thing, for a man living in a country without freedom, is not to become free, but to stay free.”
— Inconnu
