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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Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

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...

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

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

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

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.

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...

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...

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.

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

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...

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

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...

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

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