Famous quotes containing the words henri, stein and/or sisters:
“People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of an extreme politeness is then less in evidence, and the true qualities of the heart regain their proper proportions.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (17831842)
“Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.”
—Gertrude Stein (18741946)
“The miller quickly drew the dam,
An there he found a drownd woman.
You coudna see her yallow hair
For gold and pearle that were so rare.”
—Unknown. The Twa Sisters (l. 3235)