“The First Man is [Albert Camus] posthumous last work. But in fact, in a certain way, it is his first, because in it you find the signs of his commitments, and of the whole way of writing as well. This mixture of austerity and sensuality, the will to speak for those not able to speak for themselves.” MenWayWritingFirstsWellsWholeFactsAbleLastsCertainSpeakCommitmentSensualityMixturesAusterityPosthumous Author:Catherine Camus
“The Nobel Prize comes from outside, it's a social recognition [reconnaissance] in a way. And I think a true artist is driven by interior necessities.” ThinkingWayArtistSocialDrivenRecognitionPrizeInteriorsNobelNobel PrizeTrue Artists Author:Catherine Camus
“[Albert Camus] started thinking through sensation. He could never think with artefacts or with cultural models because there were none. So it's true to say that his morality was extremely 'lived', made from very concrete things. It never passed by means of abstractions . It's his own experience, his way of thinking.” ThinkingWayMeanMadeMoralityModelsSensationsConcreteAbstractionWay Of ThinkingArtefacts Author:Catherine Camus
“Just because of [Albert Camus] way of sensing before thinking. He's in a field that he often feels like escaping from. In any case, you have to learn what blood is. It all has to be rationalised. In that he feels exiled, solitary.” ThinkingWayFeelsCasesBloodFieldsSolitaryEscapingSensing Author:Catherine Camus
“Love is very important in The First Man, in that [Albert] Camus loves these things he never chose, he loves his childhood experience in a very real way. Their poverty meant that there was nothing else they could think about but what they would eat, how they would clothe themselves. There's just no room for other things in his family. It's difficult for others to imagine the position in which he found himself. There is no imaginary existence in their lives.” ThinkingMenWayFirstsImportantRealFoundDifficultLove IsRoomsExistencePovertyImagineChildhoodPositionImaginary Author:Catherine Camus
