Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.
GERTRUDE STEINNature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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The reason why all of us naturally began to live in France is because France has scientific methods, machines and electricity, but does not really believe that these things have anything to do with the real business of living.
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I just tell you and though I dont sound like it I’ve got plenty of sense, there aint any answer, there aint going to be any answer, there never has been any answer, that’s the answer.
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How I wish I were able to say what I think.
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Anything one does every day is important and imposing and anywhere one lives is interesting and beautiful.
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Any time is the time to make a poem.
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When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.
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Romance is everything.
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A great deal of beauty is rapture. A circle is a necessity. Otherwise you would see no one. We each have our circle.
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It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.
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It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.
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Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.
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I like a thing simple but it must be simple through complication. Everything must come into your scheme, otherwise you cannot achieve real simplicity.
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There are a lot of other things besides nouns.
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A creator is so completely contemporary that he has the appearance of being ahead of his generation.
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I am writing for myself and strangers. This is the only way that I can do it.
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