Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I. Albert Camus More Quotes by Albert Camus More Quotes From Albert Camus The most loathsome materialism is not the kind people usually think of, but the sort that attempts to let dead ideas pass for living realities, diverting into sterile myths the stubborn and lucid attention we give to what we have within us that must forever die. Albert Camus realityideasthinking Imagination offers people consolation for what they cannot be, and humor for what they actually are. Albert Camus imaginationpeopleart Forever I shall be a stranger to myself. In psychology as in logic, there are truths but no truth. Albert Camus psychologylogicforever The most elementary form of rebellion, paradoxically , expresses an aspiration for order . Albert Camus rebellionformorder Indeed, men never know how to love. nothing satisfies them. All they know is to dream, to imagine new duties, to look for new countries and new homes. While we women, we know that we must hasten to love, to share the same bed, hold hands, and fear absence. When we women love, we dream of nothing. Albert Camus dreamlovecountry A work of art is a confession. Albert Camus confessionart-isart It is necessary to fall in love... if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway. Albert Camus existentialismdespairfalling-in-love Of course, true love is exceptional - two or three times a century, more or less. The rest of the time there is vanity or boredom. Albert Camus vanitylove-istwo Madness such as this, its like trying to stop a fire with the moisture from a kiss Albert Camus kissingfiretrying This world, such as it is, is not tolerable. Therefore I need the moon, or happiness, or immortality, I need something which is perhaps demented, but which is not of this world. Albert Camus moonworldneeds There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Albert Camus philosophicalsuicidephilosophy You have so much inside you, and the noblest happiness of all. Don’t just wait for a man to come along. That’s the mistake so many women make. Find your happiness in yourself. Albert Camus waitingmistakemen One might think, that a period which, within fifty years, uproots, enslaves or kills seventy million human beings, should only, and forthwith, be condemned. But also its guilt must be understood. Albert Camus guiltyearsthinking …there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the only means of fighting a plague is - common decency. Albert Camus fightingcommon-decencymean Yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us. Albert Camus love-lifemotivationalinspirational Art and revolt will die only with the last man. Albert Camus lastsmenart I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold. Albert Camus deedsmenlife What is human in me is not what is best in me. What is human in me is that I desire, and to obtain what I desire, I believe I would crush anything that stood in my way. Albert Camus crushdesirebelieve In our well-policed society we recognize that an illness is serious from the fact that we don't dare speak of it directly. Albert Camus seriousspeakfacts We do not know how to eliminate evil, but we do know how to feed some of the hungry and heal some of the infirmed. Albert Camus hungryhealevil
