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Quote by Gertrude Stein
The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which do

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

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That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back. – Gertrude Stein

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What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is marriage. – Gertrude Stein

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Marriage
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Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women do not tell them so. – Gertrude Stein

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Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. – Jean Rostand

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If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and Ill say it. – John Lennon

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Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. – W. H. Auden

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If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art. – William Morris

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