FEATURED QUOTE // REF #01079
“It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.”
EVEQUOTE ARCHIVE // Quote by Gertrude Stein
“It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.”
Gertrude Stein
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AuthorGertrude Stein
DisciplineNovelist
Born3 February 1874
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Biography
Gertrude Stein was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in Oakland, California.
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