Olsen's book

In the late 19th century, the French writer marcel Proust stumbled upon a questionaire called "An Album to Record Thoughts, Feelings, etc." Proust answered the survey several times in his life, and helped popularize the revelatory questions, which became known as the Proust Questionnaire, as a way to uncover a subject's true characteristics and emotions ever since. We had fun filling out our own questionnaire and included the original documents here. 

Ashley Olsens:

Your most marked characteristic?
Posessing a creative business mind

The quality you most like in a man?
sense of humor

The quality you most like in a woman?
strong sense self (sense of humor)

What do you most value in your friends?
honesty and loyalty

What is your principle defect? 
socially awkward

What is your favorite occupation?
every occupation

What is your dream of happiness?
being happy (which I am) - rock band has helped

What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes? 
death

What would you like to be?
"a wise woman"-lauren hutton

In what country would you like to live?
France

What is your favorite color?
black

What is your favorite flower?
peonies

What is your favorite bird?
Bald eagle

Who are your favorite poets?
Freud

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Christopher Guest

Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Estella from great expectations

Who are your favorite composers?
Eddie Vedder, Thom Yorke, Ben Harper

Who are your favorite painters?
Picasso, (i cant read the rest of her writing)

Who are your heroes in real life?
DVF, Lauren Hutton, Anna Wintour, and of course mom

What is it you most dislike? 
bullshit

What natural gift would you most like to possess? 
to be able to sing - well

How would you like to die?
in my sleep obviously

What is your present state of mind?
content

the questionnaire continues past this photo and the questions are as follows:

To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
work too much

What is your motto?
she first wrote "work your way down, not up but then crossed that out and wrote dream big. work it out from there.

Your name or Pseudo 

Smashly, ash, mom, cool mom

Ashley and I have been best friends since the seventh grade. From the first day we met, we referred to each other are Lenny and George from Of Mice and Men. (Now, nine yyears later, we refer to each other as Patsy and Edina.) Ashley asked me to answer these questions on her behalf to give a more rounded sense of who she is. If anyone has an insight to Smash's amazing mind, its me.

Your most marked characteristic?
giving advice, usually beginning with: " let me tell you something" or "listen"
The quality you most like in a man?
maturity, trustworthy and being geniune
The quality you most like in a woman?
self determination, independent success
What do you most value in your friends?
their sense of humor, their uniqueness, their loyalty
What is your principle defect?
works too much!!
What is your favorite occupation?
friend, business lady woman
What is your dream of happiness?
to have a family and good friends
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
not being able to spend time w/ the people I love
What would you like to be?
an intelligent, rational, happy woman (lady?)
In what country would you like to live?
In the United States
What is your favorite color? 
i dont have one but maybe greys or blues, black or white, maybe all!
What is your favorite flower?
peony
What is your favorite bird?
peacock
Who are your favorite prose writers?
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joan Didion
Who are your favorite poets?
Alexandra Hamile
Who is your favorite hero of fiction? 
Bobbi of "Bobbi's world", Cartman, Corky from "waiting for Guffman".
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Parker Posey in "waiting and goffman"
Who are your favorite composers? 
Dave Matthews, Pearl Jam,
Who are your favorite painters?
Basquiat, Julian Schnabel
Who are your heroes in real life?
Lauren Hutton, Alex Hamile, and my father
What is it you most dislike?
disloyal people
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
mind reading, the power to sense a liar from a mile away
How would you like to die?
naturally, of old age, or anyway to long as i was able to say goodbye to ones I love
What is your present state of mind?
focused, determined, stressed out
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
shopping but not for clothes, for things for my house or art
What is your motto?
"dream big, work it out from there"
Your name or pseudo
Smash + Trashley

"One of my favorite pieces from my closet is this hand-painted velvet robe I got from Scarlet, a cintage boutique in Paris"- Ashley Olsen

"My first t-shirt sample from The Row"- Ashley

Mary-Kate's Proust Questionnaire
Your most marked characteristic?
media: big sunglasses and starbucks      
friends and family    sarcasm, jewelry
The quality you most like in a man?
too many (cant read the rest of the writing)
What do you most value in your friends? 
no judgement, non judgemental
What is your principle defect?
giving people the benefit of the doubt
What is your favorite occupation?
not having one, being a full-time gemini
What is your dream of happiness?
I dont understand the question
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
to be taken advantage of, to lose trust in someone " every moment of light and dark is a miracle"- whitman
What would you like to be?
taller
In what country would you like to live? 
I never stay in one place for too long
What is your favorite color?
depends on my mood, does black count?
What is your favorite flower?
moss and black magic roses
What is your favorite bird?
Black crows, raven, a black raven
Who are your favorite prose writers?
plate, franz kafka
Who are your favorite poets?
william blake, walt whitman
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
odysseus, marc antony, romeo
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
aphrodite, cleopatra, juliet
Who are your favorite composers?
neil young
Who are your favorite painters?
Henry Darger, basquiat, edward ruscha, Martin Kippenberger, (cant read), De Kooning, Warhol, John Baldessari
Who are your heroes in real life?
people who live with integrity
What is it you most dislike?
the media
What natrual gift would youmost like to possess?
concentration being able the ability to concentrate
How would you like to die?
in your arms
What is your present state of mind?
sarcastic

Mary-Kate's questionnaire page 2
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
n/a wouldnt you like to know
What is your motto?
everything happens for a reason
be curious , not judgemental -whitman
Your name or pseudo 
MK
" its hard to tell where reality ends and illusion begins. they blend- thaw they seperate"- Lind goodman(?), gemini
- as for me, all i know is that i know nothing- socrates
do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment- buddha
it is not length of life but depth of life- ralph waldo emerson
all life is an experiment- whiteman
be curious, not judgemental
-whitman
-every moment of light and dark is a miracle
whitman

-I accept reality and dare not question it- whitman
-every artist was first an amateur - emerson
- fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world- emerson