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

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed...

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed...

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

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...

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...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

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 don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

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

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

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

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

Money is always there but the pockets change

Money is always there but the pockets change

Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence...

Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence...

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

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...

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 rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.