„Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try to understand them. “

Collected Letters 2004

Ask the Dust (1939)

If You Want to Feel
Song lyrics, Living Room Suite (1978)

Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Heathen Chemistry (2002)

Another quote often attributed to her without an original source in her writings, as in The Wit and Wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt (1996), p. 199. But once again archivists have not been able to find the quote in any of her writings, see the comment from Ralph Keyes in The Quote Verifier above.
A very similar remark was attributed to Nancy Reagan, in The Observer (29 March 1981): "A woman is like a teabag — only in hot water do you realize how strong she is."
Variants:
A woman is like a teabag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.
A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
A woman is like a tea bag; you can't tell how strong she is and how much to trust her until you put her in hot water.
Disputed

Origine: The Well of Ascension

Les silences du colonel Bramble (The Silence of Colonel Bramble)

Origine: Eye Scream

1946 - 1963, interview with John Richardson' (1957)

I'm Telling You for the Last Time (1998)

The Way You Wear Your Hat (1997)

Origine: The Godfather

Origine: Green Eggs and Ham

Origine: Essays in Love

Origine: Norwegian Wood

Origine: Hidden Away