War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost. – Gertrude Stein
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
An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work. – Gertrude Stein
Very likely education does not make very much difference. – Gertrude Stein
Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace. – Charles Sumner