I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher. Gertrude Stein on teacher
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. Gertrude Stein on technology
That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back. Gertrude Stein on war
War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost. Gertrude Stein on war
In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody. Gertrude Stein on war
Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens. Gertrude Stein on women
Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women do not tell them so. Gertrude Stein on women
An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work. Gertrude Stein on work
I cannot give advice. How can I when I do not authorise success. I authorise it alright. Smile. Gertrude Stein on advice