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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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It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them. – Gertrude Stein

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They tell you that the great painters mixed blood with their pigments. It is not true; the compound used was brains. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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