The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.
GERTRUDE STEINAnything one does every day is important and imposing and anywhere one lives is interesting and beautiful.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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America is my country and Paris is my hometown.
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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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A diary means yes indeed.
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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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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.
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Too few is as many as too many.
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In the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling.
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You are extraordinary within your limits, but your limits are extraordinary!
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You have to learn to do everything, even to die.
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Suppose no one asked a question. What would the answer be?
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It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.
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A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.
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How I wish I were able to say what I think.
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Honesty is a selfish virtue. Yes I am honest enough.
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