Gertrude Stein

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and aspirations, and discoveries, and ideals but it had no logic. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#century #completely #cosmic #discoveries #had

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#imagined #life #more #real #reality

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#answer #any #been #gonna #never

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#fatal #lost #never #war

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is marriage. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#end #marriage #protection #religion #renunciation

Very likely education does not make very much difference. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#does #education #likely #make #much

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

#campuses #career #combine #family #get

America is my country and Paris is my hometown. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#country #hometown #paris

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

— Gertrude Stein

#audience #must #necessary #never #warming

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you completely in anything. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#anything #completely #disillusionment #ever #finding