Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein: 1874 – 1946

“the excitingness of pure being”
A classy, classy dame:
American who lived in France
With her brother Leo, founded a private modern art gallery (27 rue de Fleurus, Paris)
Friends with: Matisse, Picasso, Thornton Wilder, Ernest Hemingway
With life partner, Alice B. Toklas, 1907 – 1946

“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”
“I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences.”
“It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.”

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Topics: lifecycle, relationships, social issues, emotions (esp. disappointment), war, feminism, memories