Gertrude Stein Quotes

Nobody has a right to speak more clearly than he thinks.

Its easy to know what you want to say, but not to say it

I want to be able to speak to some real things.

I think we can learn a lot about a person in the very moment that language fails them. In the very moment they they have to be more creative than they would have imagined in order to communicate. It's the very moment that they have to dig deeper than the surface to find words, and at the same time, it's a moment when they want to communicate very badly. They're digging deep and projecting out at the same time.

I know what I think but I don't know how to put it into words. Maybe I could get a little bit drunk and dance it for you.

you don't know what you think unless you say it.

That which we do not believe, we cannot adequately say; even though we may repeat the words ever so often.

What you see is what you get. What you hear is who I am.

Over and over again, I'm trying to express or communicate these big and small struggles to the world, and really to myself.

It's impossible to always get across what I'm trying to say, but, if I just stay honest, then I'm not going to look back on any of these interviews and wonder what I was trying to do or be.

People sometimes think of 'queen' as a title that's shrouded with protocol and formality, and for that reason sometimes people are not easily saying what they want to say. They're reluctant to express their opinions, and I kind of find that frustrating because I want to know what people really, really think.

I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

I can't hide my feelings.

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

Sometimes I wish I was more comfortable just saying what I thought and getting my point across.

Man can no more think without words than see without light.

He who is dishonest with respect to speech, is dishonest in everything.

Speech was made to open man to man, and not to hide him.

Trust is that there should be no difference between what you do and say, and what you think. /

It is very wholesome exercise, this trying to make one's words represent one's thoughts, instead of merely looking to their effect on others

An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.

I'm a writer. My job is to speak what - that which I think is true. If that bridges the gap, that's good. If it doesn't, that's too bad.

Sometimes you have to say what's on your mind if it's something that's really important to you.

I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.

What I say is how I feel.