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
nature burning frigid
Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible but everything is given.
civilization world deeds
A trial cannot be conducted by announcing the general culpability of a civilization. Only the actual deeds which, at least, stank in the nostrils of the entire world were brought to judgment.
art ideas choices
The first choice an artist makes is precisely to be an artist, and if he chooses to be an artist it is in consideration of what he is himself and because of a certain idea he has of art
fear century
This is the century of fear.
certain
We are not certain, we are never certain.
facts fame parallelogram
To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.
greater
Travel, which is like a greater and a graver science, brings us back to ourselves.
summer winter invincible-summer
The harshest winter finds an invincible summer in us.
sacrifice giving return
That's love, giving everything, sacrificing all without hope of return.
book reality cities
Thus I progressed on the surface of life, in the realm of words as it were, never in reality. All those books barely read, those friends barely loved, those cities barely visited, those women barely possessed! I went through the gestures out of boredom or absent-mindedness. Then came human beings; they wanted to cling, but there was nothing to cling to, and that was unfortunate--for them. As for me, I forgot. I never remembered anything but myself.
summer winter middle
Although it was the middle of winter, I finally realized that, within me, summer was inextinguishable.
artist lifetime deep-within
Every artist preserves deep within him a single source from which, throughout his lifetime, he draws what he is, and what he says. When the source dries up, the work withers and crumbles.
struggle believe eye
Since the order of the world is shaped by death, mightn't it be better for God if we refuse to believe in Him, and struggle with all our might against death without raising our eyes towards the heaven where He sits in silence?
political atheism valhalla
As for Hitler, his professed religion unhesitatingly juxtaposed the God-Providence and Valhalla. Actually his god was an argument at a political meeting and a manner of reaching an impressive climax at the end of speeches.