To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything.

Quote by Albert Camus

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Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must...

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must...

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

We are all special cases.

We are all special cases.

To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.

To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.

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.

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey...

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey...

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the...

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

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...

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

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

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

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

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

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

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the...

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the...

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.

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

We are all artists in everything we do. Art is creating; it is our link...

We are all artists in everything we do. Art is creating; it is our link...