When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

Topics: Gertrude Stein Quotes

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.

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 thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

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

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

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 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...

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

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 deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

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

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

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

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.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

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.

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....