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

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

How utterly futile debauchery seems once it has been accomplished, and what ashes of disgust...

How utterly futile debauchery seems once it has been accomplished, and what ashes of disgust...

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....

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name...

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name...

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost...

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost...

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...

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

Dont believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

Dont believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

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

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

Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness....

Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness....

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile....

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile....

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are...

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are...

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.