What the painter adds to the canvas are the days of his life. The adventure of living, hurtling toward death. Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre More Quotes From Jean-Paul Sartre Man is the being whose project it is to be God. Jean-Paul Sartre projects men One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day. Jean-Paul Sartre sixteen philosophical saint Life is nothing until it is lived; but it is yours to make sense of, and the of it is nothing other than the sense you choose. Jean-Paul Sartre philosophy history art I was not the one to invent lies: they were created in a society divided by class and each of us inherited lies when we were born. It is not by refusing to lie that we will abolish lies: it is by eradicating class by any means necessary. Jean-Paul Sartre class mean lying Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes. Jean-Paul Sartre ruins eye faces I’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear, fold me to your heart – and you’ll see how nice I can be. Jean-Paul Sartre nests nice heart There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it. Jean-Paul Sartre there-is-no-god existentialism human-nature Heroism is not to be won at the point of a pen. Jean-Paul Sartre pens heroism If a Jew is fascinated by Christians it is not because of their virtues, which he values little, but because they represent anonymity, humanity without race. Jean-Paul Sartre race humanity christian As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way. Jean-Paul Sartre truth stories opposites It is not a matter of indifference whether we like oysters or clams, snails or shrimp, if only we know how to unravel the existential significance of these foods. Jean-Paul Sartre shrimp oysters matter The painful secret of gods and kings is that men are free, Aegistheus. You know it and they do not. Jean-Paul Sartre kings secret men God is the solitude of men. There was only me: I alone decided to commit Evil; alone, I invented Good. I am the one who cheated, I am the one who performed miracles, I am the one accusing myself today, I alone can absolve myself; me, the man. Jean-Paul Sartre miracle evil men In any case, if you ever leave me with a handsome man, do not tell me that you trust me because, let me warn you: that is not what will prevent me from deceiving you, if I want to. On the contrary. Jean-Paul Sartre handsome want men Remember, Orestes: you were part of my herd, you grazed in the fields along with my sheep. Your liberty is nothing but a mange eating away at you, it is nothing but an exile. Jean-Paul Sartre liberty fields sheep A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work. Jean-Paul Sartre kingdoms sheep men You take souls for vegetables.... The gardener can decide what will become of his carrots but no one can choose the good of others for them. Jean-Paul Sartre carrots vegetables soul Thus it amounts to the same thing whether one gets drunk alone or is a leader of nations. Jean-Paul Sartre drunk leader inspirational Ha! to forget. How childish! I feel you in my bones. Your silence screams in my ears. You may nail your mouth shut, you may cut out your tongue, can you keep yourself from existing? Will you stop your thoughts. Jean-Paul Sartre nails cutting silence Some of these days, Oh, you'll miss me honey Jean-Paul Sartre miss-me missing honey
