Working conditions for me have always been those of the monastic life:…

Albert Camus
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Working conditions for me have always been those of the monastic life: solitude and frugality. Except for frugality, they are contrary to my nature, so much so that work is a violence I do to myself. ✨ Albert Camus, Jean Grenier (2003). Correspondence, 1932-1960, p.195, U of Nebraska Press
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Working conditions for me have always been those of the monastic life: solitude and frugality. Except for frugality, they are contrary to my nature, so much so that work is a violence I do to myself. ✨ Albert Camus, Jean Grenier (2003). Correspondence, 1932-1960, p.195, U of Nebraska Press

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