According to adventurer André Malraux, in his La Condition Humaine ( 1933 ), " If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity ?".

A further approach, elaborated by André Malraux in works such as The Voices of Silence, is that art is fundamentally a response to a metaphysical question (' Art ', he writes, ' is an ' anti-destiny ').

Another problem is that Dutton's categories seek to universalise traditional European notions of aesthetics and art forgetting that, as André Malraux and others have pointed out, there have been large numbers of cultures in which such ideas ( including the idea " art " itself ) were non-existent.

In August Sartre and de Beauvoir went to the French Riviera seeking the support of André Gide and André Malraux.

His death rites took place at the courtyard of the Louvre Palace on September 1, 1965 under the direction of writer and thinker André Malraux, who was at the time France's Minister of Culture.

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* 1901 – André Malraux, French writer ( d. 1976 )

To André Malraux, he also confided, " Now he is going to kill me ".

* November 23 – André Malraux, French writer and statesman ( b. 1901 )

* André Malraux — Man's Fate ( 1934 ) ( La Condition humaine, 1933 )

André Malraux () DSO ( 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976 ) was a French novelist, art theorist and Minister for Cultural Affairs.

U. S. President John F. Kennedy, Marie-Madeleine Lioux, André Malraux, U. S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and U. S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at an unveiling of the Mona Lisa at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Kennedy described Malraux as " the most fascinating man I've ever talked to ".

It produces the journal Revue André Malraux Review, Michel Lantelme, editor, at University of Oklahoma.

* The Amitiés internationales André Malraux is based in Paris and promotes his works.

* A French-language website, Site littéraire André Malraux, provides valuable research and information dedicated to André Malraux and topics such as literature, art, religion, history and culture.

* Saturne: Le destin, l ' art et Goya, ( Paris: Gallimard, 1978 ) ( Translation of an earlier edition published in 1957: Malraux, André.

For a more complete bibliography, see Site littéraire André Malraux.

* André Malraux ( 1960 ) by Geoffrey H. Hartman

* André Malraux: The Indochina adventure ( 1960 ) by Walter Langlois ( New York Praeger ).

He shoots and kills André, which Robert subsequently explains to his guests as an " accident ".

Most historians have tried to reconcile the reports by stating that knowledge of the monsoon winds was necessary to use the direct route, but the historian André Tchernia explains that Plinius ' connection between the wind and the navigator was based on common pronunciation: in the Hellenistic Era the name of the wind was written as Hypalus, only in Roman times the spelling Hippalus came in use.

The Dada movement — which began in a café in Switzerland in 1916 — came to Paris in 1920, but by 1924 the writers around Paul Éluard, André Breton, Louis Aragon and Robert Desnos -- heavily influenced by Sigmund Freud's notion of the unconscious -- had modified dada provocation into Surrealism.

The Dada movement — which began in a café in Switzerland in 1916 — came to Paris in 1920, but by 1924 the writers around Paul Éluard, André Breton, Louis Aragon and Robert Desnos -- heavily influenced by Sigmund Freud's notion of the unconscious -- had modified dada provocation into Surrealism.

Another monument of relevant importance that has been restored to its former beauty is the monumental Cemetery of Staglieno, in which the mortal remains of several known personalities rest, among them Giuseppe Mazzini, Fabrizio De André and Oscar Wilde's wife.

The book, written by Welch with photographs by André Weinfeld, includes a hatha yoga fitness program, her views on healthy living / nutrition, as well as beauty and personal style.

Bellmer's work was welcomed in the Parisian art culture of the time, especially the Surrealists around André Breton, because of the references to female beauty and the sexualization of the youthful form.

In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement after his split with Garry Davis ' movement Citizens of the World, which the surrealist André Breton was also a member.

André de Longjumeau ( also known as Andrew of Longjumeau in English ) was a 13th century Dominican missionary and diplomat and one of the most active Occidental diplomats in the East in the 13th century.

André Weil (; 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998 ) was an influential French mathematician of the 20th century, renowned for the breadth and quality of his research output, its influence on future work, and the elegance of his exposition.

The taxon Branchiopoda was erected by Pierre André Latreille in 1817, initially at the rank of order.

Villeroi still believed ( on 22 May ) the Allies were a full day ’ s march away when in fact they had camped near Corswaren waiting for the Danish squadrons to catch up ; for his part, Marlborough deemed Villeroi still at Jodoigne when in reality he was now approaching the plateau of Mont St. André with the intention of pitching camp near Ramillies ( see map at right ).

The vigour of the English assault, however, was such that they threatened to break through the line of the villages and out onto the open plateau of Mont St André beyond.

The city flourished, primarily due to wine trade, and the cathedral of St. André was built.

In 1794, this fortress was used by the French astronomer Pierre François André Méchain for observations relating to a survey stretching to Dunkirk that provided the official basis of the measurement of a metre.

Dacko's efforts to promote economic and political reforms proved ineffectual, and on 20 September 1981, he in turn was overthrown in a bloodless coup by General André Kolingba.

Following Bokassa, David Dacko was restored in 1981, only to be overthrown once again by his new army chief of staff, General André Kolingba after only a few months in power.

It was restored to his widow, at the pleading of the poet André Chénier ; " She is old ", he urged, " she is seventy-six, and her husband has left her no heritage save his illustrious name, his virtues and his poverty.

The Stromata is less systematic and ordered than Clement's other works, and it has been theorized by André Méhat that it was intended for a limited, esoteric readership.

In June 2011, Ancelotti was sacked and replaced by André Villas-Boas, who was in turn dismissed in March 2012.

When it was re-staged in 1923 in a more professional production, the play provoked a theatre riot ( initiated by André Breton ) that heralded the split within the movement that was to produce Surrealism.

André de Lorde was the theater's principal playwright from 1901 to 1926.

His most famous performance was his portrayal of Bernard in André de Lorde's The Ultimate Torture.

A commemorative concert was held in Paradiso, with performances by Hans Dulfer, André Hazes, and Jules Deelder, and leading Dutch music magazine Muziekkrant OOR devoted an entire issue to him.

An influential formulation of the hierarchy of genres, confirming the history painting at the top, was made in 1667 by André Félibien, a historiographer, architect and theoretician of French classicism became the classic statement of the theory for the 18th century: Celui qui fait parfaitement des païsages est au-dessus d ' un autre qui ne fait que des fruits, des fleurs ou des coquilles.

However, the difference between Erickson's methods and traditional hypnotism led contemporaries such as André Weitzenhoffer, to question whether he was practicing " hypnosis " at all, and his approach remains in question.

From 1946 to 1948, renowned French linguist André Martinet was Director of Research.