All Albert Camus Quotes
- I conceived at least one great love in my life, of which I was always the object. Conceived
- In a world that has ceased to believe in sin, the artist is responsible for the preaching. Artist
- I don't want to represent man as he is, but only as he might be. Inspirational
- Artistic creation is a demand for unity and a rejection of the world. Artistic
- The true work of art is always on the human scale. It is essentially the one that says, 'less. Art
- The primordial sea indefatigably repeats the same words and casts up the same astonished beings on the same sea-shore. Astonished
- Those who write clearly have readers. Clearly
- A writer cannot put himself today in service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it. Cannot Put
- All that remains is a fate whose outcome alone is fatal. Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness, is liberty. A… All
- And often he who has chosen the fate of the artist because he felt himself to be different soon realizes that he can maintain neither… Admits
- If the descent is thus sometimes performed in sorrow, it can also take place in joy. Descent
- There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined. Boundaries
- It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners. Anti War
- If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it. Absolute
- Beauty, no doubt, does not make revolutions. But a day will come when revolutions will have need of beauty. Beauty
- The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself. Civilization
- An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both… Bear
- I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people… All
- At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman. All
- And so I learned that familiar paths traced in the dusk of summer evenings may lead as well to prison as to innocent untroubled sleep. Dusk
- I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain. One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods… All
- Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them. Admitted
- I'd buy myself a cabin on the beach, I'd put some glue in my navel, and I'd stick a flag in there. Then I'd wait… Beach
- Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one's work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face,… All
- It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the dark sky spangled… Accomplished