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

It is easier to think of the world without a creator than of a creator...

It is easier to think of the world without a creator than of a creator...

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.

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

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

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above...

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above...

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...

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...

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...

All oppression creates a state of war.

All oppression creates a state of war.

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

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.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.