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

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Gertrude Stein Quotes

Romance is everything.

Romance is everything.

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

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

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

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...

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.

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

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...

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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

Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women...

Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose

Like a barber's chair that fits all buttocks

Like a barber's chair that fits all buttocks