Albert Camus Quotes

Now that we do not have priests and philosophers any more, artists are the most important people in the world.

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.

People want to make a distinction between what's commercial and what's art.

It would make me feel that creative art has a chance in this crazy world that we all live in.

And you know, art as commerce, doesn't really make too much sense, they don't go together.

There's always been an ongoing struggle between commerce and art.

If audiences are sort of interested in movies that are made like McDonald's hamburgers, which do have a value in the world, then we have to re-evaluate our entire career.

We believed that there's no such thing as good art or bad art. Art is art. If it's bad, it's something else. It was a much, much harder line in the '50s and '60s than it is now, because the idea of art education didn't exist - they didn't have a fine arts program when I was a kid.

The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class.

As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist.

Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.

The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature and help to shape our identity. The arts are not a frill and should not be treated as such.

I think there's a tendency with actor/directors to imagine themselves playing every part and trying to get people to follow their rhythm, their tempo, their pace. I've learned now to just love being at the center of this creative swirl.

Whether one has a favorable or unfavorable opinion of unions, their demise is also the demise of countervailing power. A system in which there is no countervailing power is a tyranny in which power is unconstrained and unaccountable.

A lot of the conceptualists and the prestige galleries are debasing themselves in presentations which have little else to them but the presentation.

I don't think we should be deceived that art is such a moral thing.

You've gotta be careful because art is really important to most people, and you wanna respect that as much as possible. So I live by that rule.

I personally don't distinguish between artistic and commercial films.

Art should never try to be popular.

How awful that the artist has become nothing but the after-dinner mint of society.

I think if it doesn't do what I say, if it doesn't do what I want, if it isn't politically subversive, if it isn't sexy, if it isn't stylish to make all that happen then it isn't truthfully worth listening to.

Men of widely divergent views in our own country live in peace together because they share certain common aspirations which are more important than their differences.... The common responsibility of all Americans is to become effective, helpful participants in a way of life that blends and harmonizes the fiercely competitive demands of the individual and society.

I never thought that the music called "jazz" was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.

If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.

Those who are concerned with the arts are often asked questions, not always sympathetic ones, about the use or value of what they are doing. It is probably impossible to answer such questions directly, or at any rate to answer the people who ask them.