Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.
GERTRUDE STEINWhy should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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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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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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It is better to lose and win, than win and be defeated.
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Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.
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Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?
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War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.
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One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.
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A little artist has all the tragic unhappiness and the sorrows of a great artist and he is not a great artist.
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Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.
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You are extraordinary within your limits, but your limits are extraordinary!
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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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Anything one does every day is important and imposing and anywhere one lives is interesting and beautiful.
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In America, everybody is, but some are more than others.
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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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The artist works by locating the world in himself.
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