The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and aspirations, and discoveries, and ideals but it had no logic.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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.

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...

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...

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

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

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

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

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...

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

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.

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

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

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed...

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed...

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...

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...

Remarks are not literature.

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...

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.