I guess I've always written more from the opposite perspective, that kind of existentialist perspective which argues that existence precedes essence. And… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of existentialist; first, those who are Christian...and on the other hand the atheistic existentialists, among whom...I class myself.… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
"To be is to do," says the existentialist. "One only becomes real (human) at the point of action." — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
Of course, [Albert Camus] wasn't an existentialist, but he was a committed man. He was a man of combat. It wasn't for… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
I have crossed the seas, I have left cities behind me, and I have followed the source of rivers towards their source… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Alexander Trocchi was an existentialist. He was looking at an alienated artist in the post-war period. It's modern because it applies now… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
In my formative years the people who influenced me most were the Christian existentialists, I mean men like Munier and Kierkegaard and… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don't like to joke. — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
I rather shared Nietzsche's conception of the kind of individual that an ideal education should be cultivating. 'Authenticity' is not Nietzsche's term,… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
Existentialist philosophy recognizes the existence of the individual as the real purpose of human life. The recognition is basically atheistic and it… — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image