The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

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  I may be wrong, but I still think that gossiping about artists is not art.

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  Once when Hemingway wrote in one of his stories that Gertrude Stein always knew what was good in a Cézanne, she looked at him and said, Hemingway, remarks are not literature.

  Haweis had been fascinated with what he had read in manuscript of The Making of Americans. He did however plead for commas. Gertrude Stein said commas were unnecessary, the sense should be intrinsic and not have to be explained by commas and otherwise commas were only a sign that one should pause an ... (continue)

  Haweis had been fascinated with what he had read in manuscript of The Making of Americans. He did however plead for commas. Gertrude Stein said commas were unnecessary, the sense should be intrinsic and not have to be explained by commas and otherwise commas were only a sign that one should pause and take a breath but one should know of oneself when to pause and take a breath. However, as she liked Haweis very much and he had given her a delightful painting for a fan, she gave him two commas. It must however be added that on re-reading the manuscript she took the commas out.

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• English Books
• Paperback 256 Pages
• Edition: Reissue
• ISBN-10: 067972463X
• ISBN-13: 9780679724636
• Publisher: Vintage
• Pub date: Mar 17, 1990
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, School & Library Binding, Unbound and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Livros em Português, Libri Italiani

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