Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us...

Quote by Albert Camus about beauty, despair, eternity, time

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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.

Albert Camus
Quote by Albert Camus about beauty, despair, eternity, time.
Albert Camus

Albert Camus 1913 - 1960, french Philosopher

Was born on: 07 nov 1913.
Died on 04 jan 1960, at 46 years old.
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