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
art judging criticism
[Many artists], even the greatest ones, are not sure of their own existence. So they search for proof, they judge, they condemn. It strengthens them, it is the beginnings of existence. They are alone!
writing stronger needs
I sometimes need to write things which I cannot completely control but which therefore prove that what is in me is stronger than I am.
writing needs genius
Every writer, big or small, needs to say or write that the genius is always hissed at by his contemporaries. Naturally, this is not true, it happens only occasionally and often by chance. But this need within the writer is enlightening.
art hipster needs
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.
art would-be needs
If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art.
believe virtue wells
I know myself too well to believe in pure virtue.
life personality shapes
We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.
war men imagination
But what are a hundred million deaths? When one has served in a war, one hardly knows what a dead man is, after a while. And since a dead man has no substance unless one has actually seen him dead, a hundred million corpses broadcast through history are no more than a puff of smoke in the imagination.
thinking psychology action
Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself.
real profound aristocracy
Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.