Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to be a cooling of friendship.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

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

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

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.

I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

If you can do it then why do it?

If you can do it then why do it?

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

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

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

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

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.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

Romance is everything.

Romance is everything.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.