After all perhaps the greatness of art lies in the perpetual tension between beauty and pain, the love of men and the… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
But the world itself has no reason, and I can say so, I who have experienced it all, from the creation to… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
On certain mornings, as we turn a corner, an exquisite dew falls on our heart and then vanishes. But the freshness lingers,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
There is a metaphysical honour in ending the world's absurdity. Conquest or play-acting, multiple loves, absurd revolt are tributes that man pays… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Artistic creation is a demand for unity and a rejection of the world. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
It is better for the intellectual not to talk all the time. To begin with, it would exhaust him, and, above all,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
In art, rebellion is consummated and perpetuated in the act of real creation, not in criticism or commentary. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“The whole town rushed outside to celebrate this crowded minute when the time of suffering had ended and the time of forgetting had not… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Being is good, but getting rich is better.... If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The more I produce, the less I am certain. On the road along which the artist walks, night falls ever more densely. Finally, he… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Having been, not only mutilated in our country, wounded in our very flesh, but also divested of our most beautiful images, for you gave… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
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… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Then he asked me if I wasn’t interested in a change of life. I said that people never change their lives, that in any… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
