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 by Albert Camus

Topics: Art Quotes, Heart Quotes, Work Quotes

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence...

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence...

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I...

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I...

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy...

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on....

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on....

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip...

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip...

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an...

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an...

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and...

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and...

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he...

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he...

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.