There are two kinds of men and women, those who have in them resisting as their way of winning those who have in them attacking as their way of winning.
GERTRUDE STEINThis joy you feel is life.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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Nobody knows what I am trying to do but I do and I know when I succeed.
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Poetry is essentially the discovery, the love, the passion for the name of everything.
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Love: the skillful audacity required to share an inner life.
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How I wish I were able to say what I think.
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The artist works by locating the world in himself.
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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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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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Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop.
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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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The first hope of a painter who feels hopeful about painting is the hope that the painting will move, that it will live outside its frame.
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If you knew it all it would not be creation but dictation.
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Nothing is more interesting than that something that you eat.
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Each generation has something different at which they are all looking.
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You are extraordinary within your limits, but your limits are extraordinary!
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It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.
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