A creator is not in advance of his generation but he is the first of his contemporaries to be conscious of what is happening to his generation.
GERTRUDE STEINThere is no such thing as repetition. Only insistance.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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The difference between saints, forget-me-nots, and mountains, have to, have to, have to at a time.
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The artist works by locating the world in himself.
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I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.
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One must dare to be happy.
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How likely are definitions to be pleasurable.
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It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.
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Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
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Poetry is essentially the discovery, the love, the passion for the name of everything.
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It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
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Action and reaction are equal and opposite.
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there are the two sides to a Frenchman, logic and fashion and that is the reason why French people are exciting and peaceful. Logic and fashion.
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Every day is a renewal, every morning the daily miracle. This joy you feel is life.
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There ain’t no answer. There ain’t gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer.
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America is my country and Paris is my hometown.
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A diary means yes indeed.
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