Albert Camus Quotes
In art, rebellion is consummated and perpetuated in the act of real creation, not in criticism or commentary.
Quotes to Explore
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them.
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Every revolution, bloody or not, has two phases. The first phase is defined by the struggle for freedom, the second by the struggle for power and revenge on the votaries of the ancien regime.
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Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.
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I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.
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Everyone wants to be famous; so do I. But I cannot lose sleep over it.
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Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.
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I've always been a fighter. If you tell me I can't, I'll die trying to prove you wrong.
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Remember, our hearts are one. Even when we are at war with each other, our hearts are always beating in unison.
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Often the raw ideas like ‘Relax’ and ‘Rage Hard’ - are the best. ‘Rage Hard’ just happened. There was little conscious effort.
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For at the real heart of battle for equality is a deep-seated belief in the democratic process. Equality depends not on the force of arms or tear gas but upon the force of moral right; not on recourse to violence but on respect for law and order.
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It took five years to get 'Parental Guidance' made, and it was a fight every second.
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Sundance is just a great place for your work to be seen. Not much more to say about it than that.
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Perhaps I'm temperamentally driven to see things from the point of view of the attacked rather than the attacker.
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We have made a commitment to feed 20-million people over the next two years. We are somewhere around 10 million. But I can promise you that we are not going to stop at 20 million. Because hunger, there is almost no cure for it. You can take care of the problem today, but it is a recurring problem.
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You need to put your head down and... try not to lose hope.
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If I died on the battlefield, then that was the way it was supposed to be.
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In the same way that Occupy Wall Street forever elevated that concept of income inequality, the Black Lives Matter protesters have elevated the idea of inequity in policing as it relates to minority communities.
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I inherited my love of gold jewellery from my grandmother.
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I can recall, as a young adult, running through the rain forest at the Forest Reserve, at times feeling a sense of fear when I felt I was in danger. In danger of confronting an ugly snake or a coral snake, which represented the greatest fear of someone in a rural area when you traverse the forest.
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More than anything, one is struck by the light. Light everywhere. Brightness everywhere. Everywhere, the sun.
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All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.
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In art, rebellion is consummated and perpetuated in the act of real creation, not in criticism or commentary.
