“[Albert Camus] wasn't writing under the influence of the Nobel Prize. That was an external thing for the artist in him.” Quote by 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
“We can't talk about the book [Albert Camus] wanted to write because we have barely its beginnings. He had written hardly any of it, but he needed to write it. It seems to me that if you look at the style of The First Man it conforms much more to who he was as a man, it resembles him very closely.” IfsMenWritingFirstsLooksBookSeemsWantedWrittenStyleNeededConform Author:Catherine Camus
“I think [Albert Camus] wanted to write something to explain who he was, and how he was different from the age that had been conferred upon him.” ThinkingWritingDifferentAgeWanted Author:Catherine Camus
“[Albert Camus] was viewed by many as an austere moralist, but it was on the football pitch and in the theatre that he learnt his 'morality'. It's something sensed, it won't pass uniquely through thought. It couldn't possibly.” FootballMoralityTheatreMoralist 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
“There are those who will find [Albert Camus] notions about absurdity appealing, and others who will be drawn by the solar side of his work, about Algeria, the heat and so on.” SidesNotionHeatAbsurdityAlgeria Author:Catherine Camus
“[Albert] Camus' was born in Algeria of French nationality, and was assimilated into the French colony, although the French colonists rejected him absolutely because of his poverty.” BornPovertyRejectedNationalityColonyColonistsAlgeria Author:Catherine Camus
“Politically, [Albert Camus] was in favour of a federation, and effectively he considered that like South Africa today (or as they are trying to do), there should be a mixed population with equal rights, the same rights for the Arab and the French populations, as well as all the other races living there.” ShouldTryingWellsTodayRaceRightsEqualSouthPopulationSouth AfricaFavourEqual RightsFederation Author:Catherine Camus
“[Albert Camus] is The First Man because he is poor, which has never been much to human beings.” MenFirstsHumansHuman BeingsPoor Author:Catherine Camus
“[Albert Camus] really did know Algeria. He was an exile from his country, but still living in its language. Solitaire et solidaire. It's not like those who are exiled to a country where the language is not theirs.” KnowsStillsCountryLanguageExileAlgeria Author:Catherine Camus