Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Albert Camus; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay The Rebel that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 November 1913
CountryFrance
death peace heart
There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.
noble demand rebellion
It is not rebellion itself which is noble but the demands it makes upon us.
music dream appreciation
Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.
history want encounters
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.
order solitude world
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
truth firsts essentials
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
order essentials should
Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much?
army artist combat
The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to join the regular armies and remains a freelance.
knowledge creativity ideas
The society based on production is only productive, not creative.
grief men justice
Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.
easier knows
It is easier to kill what we do not know.
love life deceived-us
We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.
wall writing experience-yourself
Get scared. It will do you good. Smoke a bit, stare blankly at some ceilings, beat your head against some walls, refuse to see some people, paint and write. Get scared some more. Allow your little mind to do nothing but function. Stay inside, go out - I don't care what you'll do; but stay scared as hell. You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.
unity kind rebellion
Every rebellion implies some kind of unity.