However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be developed because of his or her social condition, because of the surrounding circumstances, these talents will be still-born

Quote by Simone De Beauvoir

Topics: Gifts Quotes, Talent Quotes

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

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...

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

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...

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the...

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the...

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

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...

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...

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

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...

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

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...

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with...

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with...

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us.That's why it is a comfort to go...

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us.That's why it is a comfort to go...