Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Quote by Simone De Beauvoir

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Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or...

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or...

All oppression creates a state of war.

All oppression creates a state of war.

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this...

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this...

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from...

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from...

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth...

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth...

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a...

Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a...

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever...

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever...

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he...

When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he...

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a...

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does...

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does...

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition:...

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition:...

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth...

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth...

The price of hating other human beings is loving one's self less

The price of hating other human beings is loving one's self less

I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself

I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself