Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was a US writer, novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector who made France her home in 1903 for the remainder of her life. She applied theories of abstract art to writing, and is best known for her works - The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas and The World Is Round.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Rose is a rose is a rose.

- Sacred Emily

• She always says she dislikes the abnormal, it is so obvious. She says the normal is so much more simply complicated and interesting.

- The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas

• I like familiarity. In me it does not bring contempt - only more familiarity.
• You are a lost generation.

- as quoted by Ernest Hemingway

• What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

- response when her companion, Alice B Toklas, asked 'What is the answer?'

• As a cousin of mine once said about money, money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets after a change, and that is all there is to say about money.
• There ain't no answer. There ain't going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.

Robert William Service