It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Genius Quotes

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.

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...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

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...

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...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

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

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

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

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...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee.

Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee.