Albert Camus Quotes

If I was an artist, and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art.

What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become.

I don't see art as entertainment.

... a canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further; that is my right to paint, my reason for painting.

My words, my writing, my actions—these have never been for myself alone, either directly or indirectly. There is no such thing as an artist who creates art only for himself. That is masturbation.

Can one make works which are not works of 'art'?

All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don't want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist. I don't think art should be escapist. That's a waste of time.

The purpose of art ... is not to reflect life but to organize it, to build it.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

So I don't think of myself as just a musician at all, I think of myself as an artist.

Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms.

I do believe architecture, and all art, should be content-driven. It should have something to say beyond the sensational.

I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason.

The job of art is to chase ugliness away.

Maybe I'm a dream artist, as they call it.

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.

I think you always, as an artist, feel like you would like to be more and more specific about your intent and your interests.

Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist.

The role of art in society differs for every artist.

I think there are a lot of pictures to make. I sometimes question whether I'm even an artist or just a painter. To me, the making of the pictures is the most important thing.

I'm an artist, not a philosopher.

In art it is always as though the question is what the work of art is really about.

I don't consider myself an entertainer. I consider myself an artist, and I think with that comes responsibility.

As an artist, I often wonder what my purpose is or why I do what I do.