I cannot write too much upon how necessary it is to be completely conservative that is particularly traditional in order to be free.
Gertrude SteinHope in gates, hope in spoons, hope in doors, hope in tables, no hope in daintiness and determination. Hope in dates.
Gertrude SteinThere are of course people who are more important than others in that they have more importance in the world but this is not essential and it ceases to be. I have no sense of difference in this respect because every human being comprises the combination form.
Gertrude Stein