Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed and said, In that case, what is the question? Then she died.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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 the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

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...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is....

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is....

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...

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...

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

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.

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

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

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.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

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.

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...

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...

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...