Andre Malraux

Andre Malraux was a French novelist, art theorist and Minister of Cultural Affairs. Malraux’s novel La Condition Humaine (Man’s Fate) (1933) won the Prix Goncourt.

He was appointed by President Charles de Gaulle as Minister of Information (1945–46) and subsequently as France’s first Minister of Cultural Affairs during de Gaulle’s presidency (1959–69).

Date of birth:
3rd November, 1901
Date of death:
23rd November, 1976
"Then I despair… I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always."
― Andre Malraux
Topic(s): History
"To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less."
― Andre Malraux
Topic(s): Business
"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."
― Andre Malraux
Topic(s): Courage
"Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man’s fate."
― Andre Malraux
Topic(s): Art

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