Quote of Albert Camus - True artists scorn nothing: they are...
Biography - Albert Camus:
French philosopher, author, and journalist. Nobel Prize in Literature (1957).
Born: 1913 - Died: 1960
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Algeria
Born: 1913 - Died: 1960
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Algeria
True artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.
Note
Source: Speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1957
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes for: to understand
It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
Quotes for: judgement
Do not have too artificial an idea of man but judge him naturally. Don't consider him too good or too bad.
Quotes for: artist
Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.
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