"Even the West has known the architecture of empty space, whose object, for thousands of years, has been less to construct divine houses, than to create sacred places, to seize upon mystery and to immerse man in it-whether by raising the cyclopean pedestal that surrounds him with stars, or by hollowing out the sanctuary that wraps him in haunted night."

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About Andre Malraux

Andre Malraux was a French novelist, art theorist, and statesman. He served as France's first Minister of Cultural Affairs under Charles de Gaulle.

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