There is not one talent for living and another for creating. The same suffices for both. And one can be sure that the talent that could not produce but an artificial work could not sustain but a frivolous life.
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
The absurd is sin without God.
It's not your pictures I like; it's your painting.
Whatever prevents you from doing your work has become your work.
None of the evils which totalitarianism ... claims to remedy is worse than totalitarianism itself.