Can You Tell Kanye West from an Existentialist?

Sometimes people say the darndest things. And when I say people, I mean Kanye West (when he’s talking about himself, his art, or the deeper meaning of life) because dang that guy is not on the same level as the rest of us.

You know who else is on a completely different level from the rest of humanity? That’s right, existential philosophers (I know that was your first thought). You might not think of putting Camus and Kanye in the same sentence, but it turns out these guys have surprisingly similar thoughts on their role in the cosmos and what it means to be alive.

Let’s find out just how similar with this quotes quiz. We’ll give you a phrase, and you tell us who said it: Kanye or one of the existential philosophers? You might think that since Kanye has never uttered a phrase about ‘being and becoming’ that this will be easy.

You’d be wrong.