To work and create 'for nothing', to sculpture in clay, to know that one's creation has no future, to see one's work destroyed in a day while being aware that fundamentally this has no more importance than building for centuries- this is the difficult wisdom that absurd thought sanctions. Performing these two tasks simultaneously, negating on one hand and magnifying on the other, is the way open to the absurd creator. He must give the void its colors.

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This quote highlights the paradoxical nature of an absurd creator's work. It entails engaging in creative endeavors, fully aware that their creations hold no lasting significance or future. The artist sculpts, builds, and pours their efforts without the expectation of lasting impact. Despite this futility, the absurd creator recognizes the importance of infusing life and vibrancy into the void. The essence of their wisdom lies in simultaneously negating the importance of their work while magnifying the value in giving meaning and color to the emptiness.

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