Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
Albert Camus
A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened
A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.
It’s a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money
It’s a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.
Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears
Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.
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.
Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future
Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.
I know of only one duty, and that is to love
I know of only one duty, and that is to love.
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken
Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.