"The mind, placed before any kind of difficulty,……" — Andre Breton
"The mind, placed before any kind of difficulty, can find an ideal outlet in the absurd. Accommodation to the absurd readmits adults to the mysterious realm inhabited by children."
More Absurd Quotes
- It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to… — Honore de Balzac
- Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. — Yogi Berra
- To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd. — Wendell Berry
- Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience… — Annie Besant
- Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our… — Bono
- A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of… — Samuel Butler
- When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help… — David Byrne
- My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out… — Lord Byron
- The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. — Albert Camus
- I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion. — Albert Camus
- The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them… — Albert Camus
- In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd. — Miguel de Cervantes