Andre Malraux

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

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

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.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the read more

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.

An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to say that the masterpiece to read more

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.