A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Gertrude Stein Quotes

There is no there there.

There is no there there.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

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...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

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

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

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

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

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

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...

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about...

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about...

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

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...

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

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

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

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...