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PithyFriedrich Nietzsche Quote Button

A large 2.25" pinback button with a slogan by philosopherFriedrichNietzsche: No artist tolerates reality.

In1951 Albert Camus published his book, The Rebel, which included thisstriking text: Art is the activity that exalts and deniessimultaneously. "No artist tolerates reality," saysNietzsche.

Thesecond part of this passage became quite popular, even repeated bymultiple mainstream and minor artists, especially musicians.

FriedrichWilhelm Nietzsche (1844 – 1900) was a German philosopher, culturalcritic and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence onmodern intellectual history. Nietzsche's writing spans philosophy,poetry, cultural criticism, and fiction while displaying a fondnessfor aphorism and irony.

Prominentelements of his philosophy include his radical critique of truth infavor of perspectivism; a genealogical critique of religion andChristian morality and a related theory of master–slave morality;the affirmation of life in response to both the "death of God"and the profound crisis of nihilism; the notion of Apollonian andDionysian forces; and a characterization of the human subject as theexpression of competing wills, collectively understood as the will topower.

Nietzsche'swork enjoyed renewed popularity in the 1960s and his ideas have sincehad a profound impact on 20th and early-21st century thinkers acrossphilosophy—especially in schools of continental philosophy such asexistentialism, postmodernism and post-structuralism—as well asart, literature, poetry, politics, and popular culture.

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