What was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there. Gertrude Stein More Quotes by Gertrude Stein More Quotes From Gertrude Stein She always says she dislikes the abnormal, it is so obvious. She says the normal is so much more simply complicated and interesting. Gertrude Stein abnormal complicated interesting Affectations can be dangerous. Gertrude Stein dangerous . . . money . . . is really the difference between men and animals, most of the things men feel, animals feel, and vice versa, but animals do not know about money. Gertrude Stein equality animal men A FEATHER. A feather is trimmed, it is trimmed by the light and the bug and the post, it is trimmed by little leaning and by all sorts of mounted reserves and loud volumes. It is surely cohesive. Gertrude Stein bugs light littles Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha was always being left when she was not leaving others. Melanctha Herbert always loved too hard and much too often. She was always full with mystery and subtle movements and denials and vague distrusts and complicated disillusions. Then Melanctha would be sudden and impulsive and unbounded in some faith, and then she would suffer and be strong in her repression. Melanctha Herbert was always seeking rest and quiet and always she could only find new ways to be in trouble. Gertrude Stein leaving strong suffering Even the propagandists on the radio find it very difficult to really say let alone believe that the world will be a happy place, of love and peace and plenty, and that the lion will lie down with the lamb and everybody will believe anybody. Gertrude Stein believe lying world I write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear Readers, are an afterthought. Gertrude Stein dear stranger writing Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the Reality and interested in telling about it. Gertrude Stein literature two reality For a very long time everybody refuses and then almost without a pause almost everybody accepts. Gertrude Stein accepting acceptance long You cannot go into the womb to form the child; it is there and makes itself and comes forth whole-and there it is and you have made it and have felt it, but it has come itself. Gertrude Stein form made children I think one is naturally impressed by anything having a beginning a middle and an ending when one is beginning writing and that it is a natural thing because when one is emerging from adolescence, which is really when one first begins writing one feels that one would not have been one emerging from adolescence if there had not been a beginning and a middle and an ending to anything. Gertrude Stein writing firsts thinking I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone to lead them in a direction which they do not want to go. Gertrude Stein want funny people Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting. Gertrude Stein corny imitation interesting Some men and women are inquisitive about everything, they are always asking, if they see any one with anything they ask what is that thing, what is it you are carrying, what are you going to be doing with that thing, why have you that thing, where did you get that thing, how long will you have that thing, there are very many men and women who want to know about anything about everything. Gertrude Stein curiosity men long Cooking like everything else in France is logic and fashion. Gertrude Stein france fashion cooking Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch does the important literary thinking. Gertrude Stein hiking important thinking I cannot write too much upon how necessary it is to be completely conservative that is particularly traditional in order to be free. Gertrude Stein too-much writing order I often think how celebrated I am. / It is difficult not to think how celebrated I am. / And if I think how celebrated I am / They know who know that I am new / That is I knew I know how celebrated I am / And after all it astonishes even me. Gertrude Stein difficult know-how thinking The thing that is most interesting about government servants is that they believe what they are supposed to believe, they really do believe what they are supposed to believe. Gertrude Stein government believe interesting One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come. Gertrude Stein miracle doe writing
