Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not myself.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

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.

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

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

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...

Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing...

Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing...

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

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

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

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...

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

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.

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.