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Quotes from The Rebel — Albert Camus

1913–1960 France

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A nihilist is not one who believes in nothing, but one who does not believe in what exists.

The Rebel (1951)

A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.

The Rebel (1951)

Nothing can discourage the appetite for divinity in the heart of man.

The Rebel (1951)

Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom. To be fruitful, the two ideas must find their limits in each other.

The Rebel (1951)

Art, at least, teaches us that man cannot be explained by history alone and that he also finds a reason for his existence in the order of nature.

The Rebel (1951)

Every ideology is contrary to human psychology.

The Rebel (1951)

The Grand Inquisitor is old and tired, for the knowledge he possesses is bitter.

The Rebel (1951)

Absurdism, like methodical doubt, has wiped the slate clean.

The Rebel (1951)

Real fulfillment, for the man who allows absolutely free rein to his desires, and who much dominate everything, lies in hatred.

The Rebel (1951)

No human being, even the most passionately loved and passionately loving, is ever in our possession.

The Rebel (1951)

Artistic creation is a demand for unity and a rejection of the world.

The Rebel (1951)

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

The Rebel (1951)

In every rebellion is to be found the metaphysical demand for unity, the impossibility of capturing it, and the construction of a substitute universe.

The Rebel (1951)

The artist reconstructs the world to his plan.

The Rebel (1951)

Every rebellion implies some kind of unity.

The Rebel (1951)

I proclaim that I believe in nothing and that everything is absurd, but I cannot doubt the validity of my proclamation and I must at least believe in my protest.

The Rebel (1951)

The most elementary form of rebellion, paradoxically, expresses an aspiration for order.

The Rebel (1951)

Does the end justify the means? That is possible. But what will justify the end? To that question, which historical thought leaves pending, rebellion replies: the means.

The Rebel (1951)

Art is the activity that exalts and denies simultaneously. "No artist tolerates reality," says Nietzsche.

The Rebel (1951)

Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to the present.

The Rebel (1951)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Albert Camus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.