
Quotes by Albert Camus
111 quotes by Albert Camus



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