Albert Camus was never abandoned by his readers. Camus is enormously read. He's the highest selling author in the entire Gallimard collection,… — Catherine Camus Abandoned Copy Share Image
I couldn't ever act or think on behalf of what my father [[Albert Camus]] would have said or done. He's an artist,… — Catherine Camus Art 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 Combat Copy Share Image
For example, it's often forgotten that [Albert ] Camus was extremely hostile [farouche] towards the [Francisco] Franco regime, and right to the… — Catherine Camus Accepted Copy Share Image
Today this is what we are confronted with, I mean what is pure ideology, which takes no account of the human context.… — Catherine Camus Accounts Copy Share Image
You end up beating your head against a wall again, it doesn't work. Not if you make an abstraction of man. That's… — Catherine Camus Abstraction Copy Share Image
I think for [Albert] Camus his mother was more than just that. She's love, absolute love. That's why it's written for her,… — Catherine Camus Able Copy Share Image
[French intellectuals] could never address themselves to the working classes. They don't know what it means, and that gives them a bad… — Catherine Camus Addresses Copy Share Image
Love is very important in The First Man, in that [Albert] Camus loves these things he never chose, he loves his childhood… — Catherine Camus Camus Copy Share Image
What the articles which have been written about The First Man propose is humility. The acceptance of these contradictions. Seeking an explanation… — Catherine Camus Acceptance Copy Share Image
[Albert Camus] started thinking through sensation. He could never think with artefacts or with cultural models because there were none. So it's… — Catherine Camus Abstraction Copy Share Image
There's no one who can say 'this person is wrong there and right here', and that 'one is right about that and… — Catherine Camus Acceptance Copy Share Image
Everyone has so much hope for a better humanity, and many, including [Jean Paul] Sartre, turned to the idea of communism in… — Catherine Camus Communism Copy Share Image
There are those who will find [Albert Camus] notions about absurdity appealing, and others who will be drawn by the solar side… — Catherine Camus Absurdity Copy Share Image
The First Man is [Albert Camus] posthumous last work. But in fact, in a certain way, it is his first, because in… — Catherine Camus Able Copy Share Image
![“I couldn't ever act or think on behalf of what my father [[Albert Camus]] would have said or done. He's an artist, he considers himself an artist, and so he takes on the responsibility of speaking for those who are not given the means or the opportunity.” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/872/catherine-camus-12238_art_i-couldn-t-ever-act-or-think-on-behalf-o_48718.jpg)
![“Of course, [Albert Camus] wasn't an existentialist, but he was a committed man. He was a man of combat. It wasn't for nothing that he directed the Resistance journal called Combat.” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f3f/catherine-camus-12238_combat_of-course-albert-camus-wasn-t-an-existen_2430138.jpg)
![“For example, it's often forgotten that [Albert ] Camus was extremely hostile [farouche] towards the [Francisco] Franco regime, and right to the end. He refused to travel to Spain, he left UNESCO because UNESCO accepted Franco's Spain and allowed it a discourse.” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b89/catherine-camus-12238_accepted_for-example-it-s-often-forgotten-that-al_3185994.jpg)
![“You end up beating your head against a wall again, it doesn't work. Not if you make an abstraction of man. That's why [Albert] Camus is more a la mode now, because he always says 'yes, but there's man. That's the first thing, because myself, I'm a man.' And that's what solidarity .” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f06/catherine-camus-12238_abstraction_you-end-up-beating-your-head-against-a-w_1547558.jpg)
![“I think for [Albert] Camus his mother was more than just that. She's love, absolute love. That's why it's written for her, dedicated to 'you who will never be able to read this book'.” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc6/catherine-camus-12238_able_i-think-for-albert-camus-his-mother-was_1741638.jpg)
![“[French intellectuals] could never address themselves to the working classes. They don't know what it means, and that gives them a bad conscience about it. [Albert] Camus has a greater proximity to those in poverty.” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/45a/catherine-camus-12238_addresses_french-intellectuals-could-never-address_2766658.jpg)
![“Love is very important in The First Man, in that [Albert] Camus loves these things he never chose, he loves his childhood experience in a very real way. Their poverty meant that there was nothing else they could think about but what they would eat, how they would clothe themselves. There's just no…” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a2f/catherine-camus-12238_childhood_love-is-very-important-in-the-first-man_2369710.jpg)
![“What the articles which have been written about The First Man propose is humility. The acceptance of these contradictions. Seeking an explanation is death. The lie is death in [Albert] Camus. That's why in Camus' play The Misunderstood the son dies, killed by his sister and his mother, because he…” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ce/catherine-camus-12238_acceptance_what-the-articles-which-have-been-writte_2767685.jpg)
![“[Albert Camus] started thinking through sensation. He could never think with artefacts or with cultural models because there were none. So it's true to say that his morality was extremely 'lived', made from very concrete things. It never passed by means of abstractions . It's his own experience…” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/07a/catherine-camus-12238_abstraction_albert-camus-started-thinking-through-se_1084847.jpg)
![“Everyone has so much hope for a better humanity, and many, including [Jean Paul] Sartre, turned to the idea of communism in its beginnings. Generosity had a place in people's hopes.” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/98f/catherine-camus-12238_communism_everyone-has-so-much-hope-for-a-better-h_2064146.jpg)
![“There are those who will find [Albert Camus] notions about absurdity appealing, and others who will be drawn by the solar side of his work, about Algeria, the heat and so on.” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8ea/catherine-camus-12238_absurdity_there-are-those-who-will-find-albert-cam_2009468.jpg)
![“The First Man is [Albert Camus] posthumous last work. But in fact, in a certain way, it is his first, because in it you find the signs of his commitments, and of the whole way of writing as well. This mixture of austerity and sensuality, the will to speak for those not able to speak for themselves.” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/055/catherine-camus-12238_able_the-first-man-is-albert-camus-posthumous_1989492.jpg)