Gertrude Stein, all courage and will, is a soldier of minimalism. Her work, unlike the resonating silences in the art of Samuel Beckett, embodies in its loquacity and verbosity the curious paradox of the minimalist form. This art of the nuance in repetition and placement she shares with the orchestral compositions of Philip Glass.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
The definition of minimalism is subjective and debated.
I'll always be Alice Toklas if you'll be Gertrude Stein.
A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose said my old friend Gertrude Stein.
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