I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Gertrude Stein Quotes

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are...

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is...

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is...

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to...

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to...

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...