6 Albert Camus Quotes on Thinking

Albert Camus quotes on thinking

50. A profound thought is in a constant state of becoming; it adopts the experience of a life and assumes its shape. Likewise, a man's sole creation is strengthened in its successive and multiple aspects: his works. One after another they complement one another, correct or overtake one another, contradict one another, too. If something brings creation to an end, it is not the victorious and illusory cry of the blinded artist: 'I have said everything,' but the death of the creator which closes his experiences and the book of his genius. That effort, that superhuman consciousness are not necessarily apparent to the reader. There is no mystery in human creation. Will performs this miracle. But at least there is no true creation without a secret. To be true, a succession of works can be but a series of approximations of the same thought. But it is possible to conceive of another type of creator proceeding by juxtaposition. Their words may seem to be devoid of inter-relations, to a certain degree, they are contradictory. But viewed all together, they resume their natural groupings.

56. If the only significant history of human thought were to be written, it would have to be the history of its successive regrets and its impotences.

69. There is always a philosophy for lack of courage.

70. The greatest saving one can make in the order of thought is to accept the unintelligibility of the world -- and to pay attention to man.

77. The important thing isn't the soundness or otherwise of the argument, but for it to make you think.

101. A little thought estranges from life, whereas much thought reconciles to life. Unable to refine the real, thought pauses to mimic it.