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Does the popular quote, "No artist tolerates reality", belong to Nietzsche (as people say)? - Skeptics Stack Exchange

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Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. Teams Q&A for work Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. In 1951 Albert Camus published his book, The Rebel, which included quite a catchy part: Art is the activity that exalts and denies simultaneously. "No artist tolerates reality," says Nietzsche. A couple of years ago the second part of this passage became quite popular, even repeated by multiple mainstream and minor artists, especially musicians. My problem is: I can't find the original source of this quote and I can't even find it's German version (if it exists). I start to think if it's possible that Camus was quoting some rare, personal letter which was never publicly released, or maybe he tried to sum up some major idea in few words of his own or maybe, even, he completely made th

Does the popular quote, "No artist tolerates reality", belong to Nietzsche (as people say)? - Skeptics Stack Exchange Stack Internal Knowledge at work Bring the best of human thought and AI automation together at your work. Explore Stack Internal Does the popular quote, "No artist tolerates reality", belong to Nietzsche (as people say)? Ask Question Asked 8 years, 10 months ago Modified 8 years, 10 months ago Viewed 9k times 6 In 1951 Albert Camus published his book, The Rebel, which included quite a catchy part: Art is the activity that exalts and denies simultaneously. "No artist tolerates r

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