Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein

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Gertrude Stein is an American author whose words have traveled far beyond their original audience. Whether reflecting on War or History, Gertrude Stein brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Browse 48 quotes by Gertrude Stein that cover ground from War, History, Funny, Family, and Women. Perhaps their most recognizable line: "There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing."

“This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.”

— Gertrude Stein

History

All Quotes by Gertrude Stein

“But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still don't get young men standing up and saying, 'How can I combine career and family?'”

— Gertrude Stein

Family

“It is very easy to love alone.”

— Gertrude Stein

Alone

“Romance is everything.”

— Gertrude Stein

Romantic

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

— Gertrude Stein

Family

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

— Gertrude Stein

Music

“It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.”

— Gertrude Stein

Funny

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

— Gertrude Stein

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.”

— Gertrude Stein

Art

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

— Gertrude Stein

Dad

“Very likely education does not make very much difference.”

— Gertrude Stein

Education

“Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.”

— Gertrude Stein

Friendship

“Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.”

— Gertrude Stein

Hope

“I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.”

— Gertrude Stein

Patience

“Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.”

— Gertrude Stein

Nature

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

— Gertrude Stein

Art

“An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.”

— Gertrude Stein

Work

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

— Gertrude Stein

Family

“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”

— Gertrude Stein

Technology

“It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.”

— Gertrude Stein

Future

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

— Gertrude Stein

Failure