The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesnt make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it. – Gertrude Stein
Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen. – Gertrude Stein
It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business. – Gertrude Stein
Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family. – Gertrude Stein
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of a gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution. – Henri Frederic Amiel