To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Writing Quotes

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

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 funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

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

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

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...

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

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

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...

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.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

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

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

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

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

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

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

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.

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

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...