--- title: "15 Stein Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 15 Stein quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Stein sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/raymond-queneau-12265_author_it-seems-to-me-that-an-author-who-has-de_570476.jpg" --- > [It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-queneau/it-seems-to-me-that-an-author-who-has-determined-very-new-domains-in/) [Raymond Queneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-queneau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/raymond-queneau-12265_author_it-seems-to-me-that-an-author-who-has-de_570476.jpg) > [“Godiva was tired and old and Gertrude Stein in spring bought a new car...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-b-toklas/godiva-was-tired-and-old-and-gertrude-stein-in-spring-bought-a-new-car/) [Alice B. Toklas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-b-toklas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/alice-b-toklas-30808_new-car_godiva-was-tired-and-old-and-gertrude-st_758662.jpg) > [Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifton-fadiman/gertrude-stein-was-masterly-in-making-nothing-happen-very-slowly/) [Clifton Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifton-fadiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/clifton-fadiman-11053_gertrude_gertrude-stein-was-masterly-in-making-no_2163205.jpg) > [ You are all a lost generation. \[with credit to Gertrude Stein\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/you-are-all-a-lost-generation-with-credit-to-gertrude-stein/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d9/ernest-hemingway-83_credit_you-are-all-a-lost-generation-with-credi_1501683.jpg) > [ \[Jill Stein\] don't have to engage in soundbites here as you may have experienced with some of the mass media. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/jill-stein-don-t-have-to-engage-in-soundbites-here-as-you-may-have/) [Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/ralph-nader-1783_jill-stein_jill-stein-don-t-have-to-engage-in-sound_1025822.jpg) > [Jill Stein does not have the experience necessary to lead at a national level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-todd-whitman/jill-stein-does-not-have-the-experience-necessary-to-lead-at-a/) [Christine Todd Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-todd-whitman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/christine-todd-whitman-17954_experience_jill-stein-does-not-have-the-experience_1241450.png) > [I'll always be Alice Toklas if you'll be Gertrude Stein.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-stein/i-ll-always-be-alice-toklas-if-you-ll-be-gertrude-stein/) [Gertrude Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/gertrude-stein-667_gertrude_i-ll-always-be-alice-toklas-if-you-ll-be_2205927.jpg) > [“There ain’t no answer. There ain’t going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer. —Gertrude Stein”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-benjamin/there-ain-t-no-answer-there-ain-t-going-to-be-any-answer-there-never/) [Oliver Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-benjamin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/oliver-benjamin-22640_gertrude-stein_there-ain-t-no-answer-there-ain-t-going_1189466.jpg) > [There's a wonderful family called Stein: There's Gert and there's Ep and there's Ein. Gert's poems are bunk, Ep's statues are junk,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-s-a-wonderful-family-called-stein-there-s-gert-and-there-s-ep/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/anonymous-1_family_there-s-a-wonderful-family-called-stein_273304.jpg) > [In a notable family called Stein There were Gertrude, and Ep, and then Ein. Gert's writing was hazy, Ep's statues were crazy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bennett-cerf/in-a-notable-family-called-stein-there-were-gertrude-and-ep-and-then/) [Bennett Cerf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bennett-cerf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/bennett-cerf-17226_crazy_in-a-notable-family-called-stein-there-w_1454636.png) > [Gertrude Stein, all courage and will, is a soldier of minimalism. Her work, unlike the resonating silences in the art of Samuel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-hardwick/gertrude-stein-all-courage-and-will-is-a-soldier-of-minimalism-her/) [Elizabeth Hardwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-hardwick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/elizabeth-hardwick-10519_art_gertrude-stein-all-courage-and-will-is-a_755395.jpg) > [“When Gertrude Stein came to Ann Arbor, my mother said that all she said was, a rose is a rose is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-emshwiller/when-gertrude-stein-came-to-ann-arbor-my-mother-said-that-all-she/) [Carol Emshwiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-emshwiller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/carol-emshwiller-29027_parenting_when-gertrude-stein-came-to-ann-arbor-my_1022818.png) > [“It may have been Gertrude Stein who wrote that to lead a life of any interest, one must first spend time in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-dorsey/it-may-have-been-gertrude-stein-who-wrote-that-to-lead-a-life-of-any/) [Brigid Dorsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-dorsey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/brigid-dorsey-224724_end-time_it-may-have-been-gertrude-stein-who-wrot_3026574.jpg) > [“My wife and I had called on Miss Stein, and she and the friend who lived with her had been very cordial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/my-wife-and-i-had-called-on-miss-stein-and-she-and-the-friend-who/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/ernest-hemingway-83_beautiful-eyes_my-wife-and-i-had-called-on-miss-stein-a_385942.jpg) > [“My wife and I had called on Miss Stein, and she and the friend who lived with her had been very cordial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/my-wife-and-i-had-called-on-miss-stein-and-she-and-the-friend-who-2/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/ernest-hemingway-83_beautiful-eyes_my-wife-and-i-had-called-on-miss-stein-a_2646034.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stein/#itemlist", "name": "Stein Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Raymond Queneau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-queneau/it-seems-to-me-that-an-author-who-has-determined-very-new-domains-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/raymond-queneau-12265_author_it-seems-to-me-that-an-author-who-has-de_570476.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/raymond-queneau-12265_author_it-seems-to-me-that-an-author-who-has-de_570476.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/raymond-queneau-12265_author_it-seems-to-me-that-an-author-who-has-de_570476.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein.” — Raymond Queneau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Godiva was tired and old and Gertrude Stein in spring bought a new car...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice B. 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It is a place that defines and shapes like no other; its Aphroditic nature can overwhelm or inspire, but it can't leave you indifferent. 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It was like one of the best rooms in the finest museum except there was a big fireplace and it was warm and comfortable and they gave you good things to eat and tea and natural distilled liqueurs made from purple plums, yellow plums or wild raspberries. These were fragrant, colorless alcohols served from cut-glass carafes in small glasses and whether they were quetsche, mirabelle or framboise they all tasted like the fruits they came from, converted into a controlled fire on your tongue that warmed you and loosened your tongue. Miss Stein was very big but not tall and was heavily built like a peasant woman. She had beautiful eyes and a strong German-Jewish face that also could have been Friulano and she reminded me of a northern Italian peasant woman with her clothes, her mobile face and her lovely, thick, alive immigrant hair which she wore put up in the same way she had probably worn it in college. 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I t was like one of the best rooms in the finest museum except there was a big fireplace and it was warm and comfortable and they gave you good things to eat and tea and natural distilled liqueurs made from purple plums, yellow plums or wild raspberries. Miss Stein was very big but not tall and was heavily built like a peasant woman. She had beautiful eyes and a strong German-Jewish face that also could have been Friulano and she reminded me of a northern I talian peasant woman with her clothes, her mobile face and her lovely, thick, alive immigrant hair which she wore put up in the same way she had probably worn it in college. She talked all the time and at first it was about people and places. Her companion had a very pleasant voice, was small, very dark, with her hair cut like Joan of Arc in the Boutet de Monvel illustrations and had a very hooked nose. She was working on a piece of needlepoint when we first met them and she worked on this and saw to the food and drink and talked to my wife. She made one conversation and listened to two and often interrupted the one she was not making. Afterwards she explained to me that she always talked to the wives. The wives, my wife and I felt, were tolerated. But we liked Miss Stein and her friend, although the friend was frightening. The paintings and the cakes and the eau-de-vie were truly wonderful. They seemed to like us too and treated us as though we were very good, well-mannered and promising children and I felt that they forgave us for being in love and being married - time would fix that - and when my wife invited them to tea, they accepted.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ernest Hemingway" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/my-wife-and-i-had-called-on-miss-stein-and-she-and-the-friend-who-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/ernest-hemingway-83_beautiful-eyes_my-wife-and-i-had-called-on-miss-stein-a_2646034.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/ernest-hemingway-83_beautiful-eyes_my-wife-and-i-had-called-on-miss-stein-a_2646034.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/ernest-hemingway-83_beautiful-eyes_my-wife-and-i-had-called-on-miss-stein-a_2646034.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My wife and I had called on Miss Stein, and she and the friend who lived with her had been very cordial and…” — Ernest Hemingway", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stein/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stein/", "name": "Stein Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stein/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/raymond-queneau-12265_author_it-seems-to-me-that-an-author-who-has-de_570476.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 15 Stein quotes by 13 authors. 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