Quotes by Albert Camus
111 quotes by Albert Camus
Albert Camus, French Philosopher
Was born on 07 nov 1913. Died on 04 jan 1960, at 46 years old.
Origin country: Algeria
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.
Quote about opinion, press, bad luck, bad, good, good luck
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.
Quote about art, confession, conscience, magic, work
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.
Quote about people, art, magic, heart, nothing, work, man
After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.
Quote about education, books, day, knowledge
Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.
Quote about philosophy, day, god
After a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
Quote about people, age, olderness, man, face
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.
Quote about philosophy, deeds, beginning
All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.
Quote about politics, state, power
As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.
Quote about reality, city, society, life
At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.
Quote about opinion, man, face
Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.
Quote about beauty, despair, eternity, time
