Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.
Quote by Albert Camus about culture, creation, gifts, society, future
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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
Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.
Quote by Albert Camus about art, magic
Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.
Quote by Albert Camus about work, life
You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
Quote by Albert Camus about irony, happiness
You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.
Quote by Albert Camus about irony, commerce
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
Quote by Albert Camus about happiness, life
In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I would rather have lived than now.
Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, history, time
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
Quote by Albert Camus about enemies, defeat, moment, love
I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.
Quote by Albert Camus about judgment, secret, day
Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideas and without greatness. Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics.
Quote by Albert Camus about politics, greatness, destiny, man
