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
music dream appreciation
Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.
broken-heart teacher lost-love
Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
painting
It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.
future perfect art-and-culture
Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.
rebellion awareness born
With rebellion, awareness is born
art order dies
We have art in order not to die of life.
struggle heart humans
The struggle to the top alone will make a human heart SWELL.
life beauty lying
At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.
life passion logic
There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.
spring winter endless
Once in the midst of a seemingly endless winter, I discovered within myself an invincible spring.
life courage lying
The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.
army artist combat
The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to join the regular armies and remains a freelance.
giving choices doe
The certainty of a God giving meaning to life far surpasses in attractiveness the ability to behave badly with impunity. The choice would not be hard to make. But there is no choice and that is where the bitterness comes in. The absurd does not liberate; it binds.
path discovering recognise
One recognises one's course by discovering the paths that stray from it.