Gertrude Stein . Paris France . New York: Liveright: There is no pulse so sure of the state of a nation as its characteristic art product which has nothing to do with its ma

There is no pulse so sure of the state of a nation as its characteristic art pro — Gertrude Stein . Paris France . New York: Liveright

There 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 . Paris France . New York: Liveright

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