History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely; for the Time of art is not the same as the Time of history. (André Malraux)

History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely; for the Time of art is not the same as the Time of history.

André Malraux

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