The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting. Gertrude Stein
I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and cultivate serenity is the ideal that appeals to me, it is in short the ideal of affectionate family life, of honorable business methods. Gertrude Stein
College professors have two bad traits. They are logical and they are easily flattered. Gertrude Stein
Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you completely in anything. Gertrude Stein
Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not myself. Gertrude Stein
It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important. Gertrude Stein
Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen. Gertrude Stein
It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four years older and grinds her teeth at night. Gertrude Stein
…when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger. Gertrude Stein
As always art is the pulse of a nation. Gertrude Stein
I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed. Gertrude Stein
The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting. Gertrude Stein
In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody. Gertrude Stein
Romance is everything. Gertrude Stein