True artists scorn nothing. Albert Camus More Quotes by Albert Camus More Quotes From Albert Camus You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade. Albert Camus rich trade poor Absurdism, like methodical doubt, has wiped the slate clean. It leaves us in a blind alley. But, like methodical doubt, it can, by returning upon itself, open up a new field of investigation, and in the process of reasoning then pursues the same course. I proclaim that I believe in nothing and that everything is absurd, but I cannot doubt the validity of my proclamation and I must at least believe in my protest. Albert Camus fields doubt believe There is no frontier between being and appearing. Albert Camus appearing frontiers In order to speak about all and to all, one has to speak of what all know and of the reality common to us all. The sea, rains, necessity, desire, the struggle against death... these are things that unite us all. Albert Camus struggle rain reality More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure. Albert Camus individuality trying men 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. Albert Camus source artist lifetime The urge to revolt is one of the essential dimensions of human nature. Albert Camus dimensions human-nature essentials The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion. Albert Camus live-in-the-present passion hero Great ideas, it has been said, come into the world as gently as doves. Perhaps then, if we listen attentively, we shall hear amid the uproar of empires and nations, a faint flutter of wings, the gentle stirring of life and hope. Some will say that this hope lies in a nation; others in a man. I believe rather that it is awakened, revived, nourished, by millions of solitary individuals whose and works every day negate frontiers and the crudest implications of history. Albert Camus men believe lying We're going forward, but nothing changes. Albert Camus What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation. Albert Camus rebel doe men The most exhausting effort in my life has been to suppress my own nature in order to make it serve my biggest plans. Albert Camus effort inspirational order I spent a long time looking at faces, drinking in smiles. Am I happy or unhappy? It’s not a very important question. I live with such frenzied intensity. Things and people are waiting for me, and doubtless I am waiting for them and desiring them with all my strength and sadness. But, here, I earn the right to be alive by silence and by secrecy. The miracle of not having to talk about oneself. Albert Camus sadness drinking long But - I cannot make a choice. I have my own sorrow, but I suffer with him, too; I share his pain. I understand all - that is my trouble. Albert Camus pain choices suffering I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary. Albert Camus incapable accepting made It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence. Albert Camus plague calamity silence If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one. Albert Camus time men life It is better to burn than to disappear. Albert Camus disappear As for those whose role it is to love us - I mean, relatives and in-laws (what a word)- It's a different tune. They find the right word, but it's usually the one that wounds. Albert Camus tunes law mean He was conscious of the disastrous fact that love and desire must be expressed in the same way. Albert Camus desire facts way
