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 SteinThere ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.
Gertrude SteinThere is no pulse so sure of the state of a nation as its characteristic art product which has nothing to do with its material life.
Gertrude Stein