Gertrude Stein

Novelist Poet American 1874 – 1946

American writer and art collector, pioneer of modernism.

376 quotes

"Leadership is something you do, not something you are."
Leadership
"If you do not change, you will not grow."
Change
"Kindness is the only thing that matters in the end."
Kindness
"Fear is just a feeling, not a fact."
Fear
"Patience is not waiting, it is accepting while you wait."
Patience
"Love is the answer but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions."
Love
"Money changes everything but nothing lasts."
Money
"Health is the condition of being well-disposed."
Health
"The main thing is not to fall into the trap of thinking that success is permanent."
Success
"Power is given to those who are willing to take it."
Power
"Dreams are what keep you alive, even when you are asleep."
Dreams
"Humor is truth with clothes on."
Humor
"Technology will either save us or kill us, but it will not ignore us."
Technology
"Music is mathematics in motion."
Music
"Faith is believing in what you cannot prove."
Faith
"Motivation comes from understanding why you do what you do."
Motivation
"Inspiration is when someone else's words make you realize your own."
Inspiration
"Solitude is where you find yourself."
Solitude
"Family is an accident of nature, not a choice."
Family
"Hope is the thing that you cannot not have."
Hope
"Courage is doing what you know is right even when you know you will fail."
Courage
"Justice is what society says it is."
Justice
"Nature does not explain itself."
Nature
"Science is organized knowledge; philosophy is organized wisdom."
Science
"Politics is the art of the possible, if you are lucky."
Politics
"Death is the only thing that is not an illusion."
Death
"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."
Gratitude
"Beauty is in the eye of the one who is looking."
Beauty
"Adventure is where you find it, not where it finds you."
Adventure
"Imagination is more important than knowledge, because imagination can be infinite."
Imagination