Gertrude Stein quotes

" Everybody gets so much common information all day long that they lose their common sense. " # Common Sense

" A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. " # Writers and Writing # Arts and Artists # Photography

" It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business. " # Business # Life and Living # Success

" What is the answer I was silent. In that case, what is the question " # Questions

" It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. " # Genius # Freedom # Power

" Let me listen to myself and not to them. " # Self-sufficiency

" What is the answer? she asked, and when no answer came she laughed and said: Then, what is the question? " # Uncategorised # Laughter # Questions

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

" Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question. " # Bores and Boredom # Questions # Love

" Affectations can be dangerous. " # Quotations # Danger # Affection