"I have the loftiest idea, and the..." - Quote by Albert Camus
I have the loftiest idea, and the most passionate one, of art. Much too lofty to agree to subject it to anything. Much too passionate to want to divorce it from anything.
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“The only way out [of international dictatorship] is to place international law above governments, which means [...] that there must be a parliament for making it, and that parliament must be constituted by means of worldwide elections in which all nations will take part.”
“I feel like getting married, or committing suicide, or subscribing to L'Illustration. Something desperate, you know.”
“It is immoral not to tell.”
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“Poetry gave me back my voice.”
“The form of a work of art, which gives speech to their thoughts and is, therefore, their mode of talking, is always somewhat uncertain, like all kinds of speech.”
“Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon things beautiful and immortal and ever-changing.”
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“Truth is not a virtue, but a passion. It is never charitable.”
“Jealousy ... survives every other passion of mankind.”
“They didn’t agree on much. In fact, they didn’t agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other.”