The individual is defined only by his relationship to the world and to other individuals; he exists only by transcending himself, and his freedom can be achieved only through the freedom of others. He justifies his existence by a movement which, like freedom, springs from his heart but which leads outside of himself.
Simone de BeauvoirPicasso never thought of himself as avant-garde. I just find it a bad way to think of yourself.
Simone de BeauvoirI was very fond of Lagneauโs phrase: โI have no comfort but in my absolute despair.
Simone de Beauvoir