“Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family.”
Quote by Gertrude Stein
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Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein, an American writer born on February 3, 1874, and died on July 27, 1946. She is renowned for her unique writing style and her influence on modernist literature. more
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“If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer.”
Source: The Yale Edition of the Unpublished Writings of Gertrude Stein: Mrs. Reynolds, and five earlier novelettes
“In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.”
“Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.”
Source: Look at Me Now and Here I Am: Writings and Lectures, 1911-1945
Source: Look at Me Now and Here I Am: Writings and Lectures, 1911-1945
“Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.”
Source: Everybody's Autobiography
“I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.”
Source: A primer for the gradual understanding of Gertrude Stein
Source: Last Operas and Plays