Albert Camus Quotes About Intelligence
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Intelligence in chains loses in lucidity what it gains in intensity.
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[Love] is the type of disease that spares neither the intelligent nor the idiotic.
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An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.
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The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
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An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.
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The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism.
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