A creator is so completely contemporary that he has the appearance of being ahead of his generation.
GERTRUDE STEINIt is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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It takes a heap of loafing to write a book.
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Art is the pulse of a nation.
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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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Nothing is more interesting than that something that you eat.
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How likely are definitions to be pleasurable.
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I wish that I was where I am.
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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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Each generation has something different at which they are all looking.
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I am I because my little dog knows me.
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Generally speaking anybody is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.
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Money is always there but the pockets change.
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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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It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.
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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.
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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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