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

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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

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

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...

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...

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 of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to...

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to...

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

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.

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.

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

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

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

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...

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.

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.