Albert Camus Quotes About Simplicity

• In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they would eat their dinner in silence with the oil lamp between them, there was a secret joy in such simplicity, such retrenchment.

  Albert Camus

  Past, Oil, Silence

  Albert Camus (2012). “Happy Death”, p.15, Vintage

• In truth, I was so good at being a man, with such plenitude and simplicity, that I thought I was something of a superman.

  Albert Camus

  Men, Simplicity, Arrogance

• The true work of art is always on the human scale. It is essentially the one that says, 'less.

  Albert Camus

  Art, Simplicity, Scales

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.98, Vintage

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