I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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

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

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...

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

If you can do it then why do it?

If you can do it then why do it?

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...

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

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...

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

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 very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an...

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an...

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

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

A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

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...

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

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.

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.

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...