7 Albert Camus Quotes on Culture

Albert Camus quotes on culture

1. We have exiled beauty; the Greeks took up arms for her.

108. All of us, among the ruins, are preparing a renaissance beyond the limits of nihilism. But few of us know it.

110. Barbarism is never temporary. Sufficient allowance is never made for it, and, quite naturally, from art barbarism extends to morals.

172. National society can be preserved only by opening it up to a universal perspective.

194. The contrary of a civilized nation is a creative nation.

245. We live in an unsacrosanct moment in history.

246. We must accept the dangers: the era of chairbound artists is over. But we must reject the bitterness ... 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.