Creative Quotations from . . .
Gertrude Stein
(1874-1946) born on Feb 03
US author. "She organized a writer's salon in Paris for post- WW I American expatriates known as the "Lost Generation.""
 
   
F
I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.

R
A writer must always try to have a philosophy and he should also have a psychology and a philology and many other things. Without a philosophy and a psychology and all these various other things he is not really worthy of being called a writer.
A
But then of course a philosophy is not the same thing as a style.
N
"If you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something."
K
"What is the answer? [Silence] In that case, what is the question?"


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R: "Quoted in: Frederic Prokosch, Voices: A Memoir, "Style" (1983"
A: "Quoted in: Frederic Prokosch, Voices: A Memoir, "Style" (1983"
N: "In "Readers' Digest.""
K: Her last words.



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