Everybody who was Anybody: A Biography of Gertrude SteinDoubleday, 1989 - 243 pagina's The fascinating story of Gertrude Stein, the public personality, the private person, and the deeply serious writer. From her childhood in Pennsylvania through her rise in the world of art, this unique biography examines the life of this remarkable woman. |
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Pagina 129
... interested — and particularly since her recent success in England - in the idea of legend and sudden fame , how by simply existing in a certain way , almost as a " personality " as she was , a person can become famous , like a saint ...
... interested — and particularly since her recent success in England - in the idea of legend and sudden fame , how by simply existing in a certain way , almost as a " personality " as she was , a person can become famous , like a saint ...
Pagina 193
... interested in what a genius can say the rest is just there anyway . " Gertrude's position was that of Saint Theresa in " Four Saints " who answers the question , " If it were possible to kill five thousand chinamen by pressing a button ...
... interested in what a genius can say the rest is just there anyway . " Gertrude's position was that of Saint Theresa in " Four Saints " who answers the question , " If it were possible to kill five thousand chinamen by pressing a button ...
Pagina 217
... interested and nothing to be interested about . If they are not as destructive as all that then they are just a little more or less destructive than other things and that means that in spite of all de- struction there are always lots ...
... interested and nothing to be interested about . If they are not as destructive as all that then they are just a little more or less destructive than other things and that means that in spite of all de- struction there are always lots ...
Inhoudsopgave
Being the Youngest | 1 |
Knowledge Is What You Know | 18 |
What Are Masterpieces? | 35 |
Copyright | |
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