Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Literature Quotes

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

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...

A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

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.

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is...

The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is...

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...

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...

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.

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.

I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.

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...

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

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

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

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...