The subject matter of art is life, life as it actually is; but the function of art is to make life better. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
there is art and there is official art, there always has been and there always will be. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
A creator is so completely contemporary that he has the appearance of being ahead of his generation. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
The creator of the new composition in the arts is an outlaw until he is a classic. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
A little artist has all the tragic unhappiness and the sorrows of a great artist and he is not a great artist. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
I murmured to Picasso that I liked his portrait of Gertrude Stein. Yes, he said, everybody said that she does not look… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
“After a while I murmured to Picasso that I liked his portrait of Gertrude Stein. Yes, he said, everybody says that she… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
The first hope of a painter who feels hopeful about painting is the hope that the painting will move, that it will… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
A creator is not in advance of his generation but he is the first of his contemporaries to be conscious of what… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
“he [Picasso] used to say quite often, paper lasts quite as well as paint and after all it all ages together, why… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
I certainly do care for you Jeff Campbell less than you are always thinking and much more than you are ever knowing — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them,… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
I am I because my little dog knows me but, creatively speaking the little dog knowing that you are you and your recognising that… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
“What is the answer?" [ I [Alice B Toklas] was silent ] In that case, what is the question?” — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
More and more I like to take a train. I understand why the French prefer it to automobiling it is so much more sociable,… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Adventure is making the distant approach nearer but romance is having what is where it is which is not where you are stay where… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Eating and sleeping are not like loving and breathing. Washing is not like eating and sleeping. Believing is like breathing and loving. Religion can… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
![“he [Picasso] used to say quite often, paper lasts quite as well as paint and after all it all ages together, why not, and he said further, after all, later, no one will see the picture, they will see the legend of the picture, the legend that the picture has created, then it makes no difference if…” quote by Gertrude Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bce/gertrude-stein-667_artist_he-picasso-used-to-say-quite-often-paper_3093825.jpg)
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