It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

Quote by Albert Camus

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A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often...

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often...

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

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

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they...

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they...

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked...

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked...

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...

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every...

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every...

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

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...

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we...

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we...

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...

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible...

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible...

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...

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.