Albert Camus Quotes

In the end, I was the only one with any anarchy left in me.

Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity.

We knew of Sartre and we dressed like the French existentialists. Our philosophy then, and remember we were only little kids, was more in following their looks than their thoughts. We were going around looking moody.

In my heart I'm independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.

Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of consciousness I transform into a rule of life what was an invitation to death—and I refuse suicide.

By no means. I have just given you my serious and well-considered profession of faith. Although a firm friend of order, I am (in the full force of the term) an anarchist. Listen to me.

I was the only guy with any bit of anarchy left.

I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.

Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.

I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.

Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.

I don't like routine and I don't like rules.

When I was young I read 'L'Etranger' by Camus, and it made me aware of the strangeness of life.

I really rebel against authority.

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

I think any good actor is an anarchist. They have to be.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

I'm not part of any movement; I don't like being fettered.

Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice.

I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.

I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.