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Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Analysis Appreciate Art Conducive Does Dream Feel Fertile First Kind Move Music Must Only Reason Shall Then Tolerate Truly Understand Us Which Will Wish

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Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Air Breathe Children Clean Clean Air Disenfranchised Even Every Every Man Get He Like Lowest Man Man Needs Most Needs Rule Scale Slaves Social Spouses

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The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Absurd Depends Links Man Moment Much Them Together World

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I was born poor and without religion, under a happy sky, feeling harmony, not hostility, in nature. I began not by feeling torn, but in plenitude.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Began Born Feeling Happy Harmony Hostility Nature Poor Religion Sky Torn Without I Was Born

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The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Am Cease Day More Shall Than Writer I Am

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Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Artist Every Every Man Man Reasons Recognized Stronger Wants

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

~Albert Camus

Topics: Leader Master Millions People Slaves

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Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Could Eternity Justify Non-Violence Only Philosophy Today World

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The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Back Condemned Dreadful Fall Futile Gods Had Hopeless Labor More Mountain Own Punishment Reason Rock Rolling Some Stone Than Thought Top Weight Whence Would

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Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Cannot Exist Feeling Justified Rebellion Some Somewhere Way Without You

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Philosopher

Born: November 7th, 1913

Died: January 4th, 1960

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