Gertrude Stein Quotes

“There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.”

“Answers I kept my answers small and kept them near;Big questions bruised my mind but still I letSmall answers be a bullwark to my fear.The huge abstractions I kept from the light;Small things I handled and caressed and loved.I let the stars assume the whole of night.But the big answers clamoured to be moved Into my life. Their great audacityShouted to be acknowledged and believed.Even when all small answers build up toProtection of my spirit, still I hearBig answers striving for their overthrow.And all the great conclusions coming near”

“The problem is not to find the answer, it's to face the answer”

“There are questions that are not meant to be answered with words. Some questions take a lifetime to answer. Take action.”

“To get answers, ask questions; but to get good answers, ask good questions.”

“There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.”

“No one answer is ever the answer.”

“I sometimes wondered why I even answered the phone, but I guess I always had the hope that it would be someone else, some other way of life calling for me.”

“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.”

“If you feel completely satisfied, you have hit the right answer, coz if not? you may have missed something, It could be the answer itself or it could be both your prayer and the answer!”