Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Albert Camus; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay The Rebel that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 November 1913
CountryFrance
impossible turns
We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.
people causes innocent
No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people.
rich poor trade
You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.
ideas people giving
I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying). I therefore conclude that the meaning of life is the most urgent of questions.
believe ideas people
I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it can be murderous. What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.
stars night dry
In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon.
life real weakness
I love life - that’s my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life.
secret tears looks
When I look at my life and its secret colours, I feel like bursting into tears.
children philosophy judging
We are living in the era of premeditation and the perfect crime. Our criminals are no longer helpless children who could plead love as their excuse. On the contrary, they are adults and the have the perfect alibi: philosophy, which can be used for any purpose - even for transforming murderers into judges.
stranger said no-hope
Have you no hope at all? And do you really live with the thought that when you die, you die, and nothing remains?" "Yes," I said.
art design world
If the world were clear, art would not exist.
turning-your-back life-is ifs
Nothing in life is worth, turning your back on, if you love it.
strange rebellion form
Rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love.
sometimes
But sometimes it takes more courage to live than to shoot yourself.