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

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of...

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of...

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

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 wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

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...

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...

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, 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...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

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...

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.

Ladies know your worth, don't ever come 'second' in his life when you're good enough...

Ladies know your worth, don't ever come 'second' in his life when you're good enough...

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth...

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth...