There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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.

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

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...

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about...

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about...

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...

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...

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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...

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

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.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

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...

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

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.