I've always been keenly aware of the passing of time. I've always thought that I was old. Even when I was twelve, I thought it was awful to be thirty. I felt that something was lost. At the same time, I was aware of what I could gain, and certain periods of my life have taught me a great deal. But, in spite of everything, I've always been haunted by the passing of time and by the fact that death keeps closing in on us.
Simone de BeauvoirIf the unconscious must express itself it will do so through the work that you do consciously or subconsciously, with words, with what you have to say.
Simone de BeauvoirWomen's mutual understanding comes from the fact that they identify themselves with each other; but for the same reason each is against the others.
Simone de BeauvoirIf you try consciously to be avant-garde, it's a little dangerous, like the present state of modern painting, where dealers try to be avant-garde, and under this pretext, painters take some old scraps and call it avant-garde.
Simone de Beauvoir