Andre Malraux

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing read more

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.

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.

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.