Quotes by Gertrude Stein

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family.

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn’t make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

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.

We are always the same age inside.