# Quote — Gertrude Stein, Paris France

> 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.

- Author: [Gertrude Stein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein.md)
- Book: [Paris France](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein/paris-france.md)
- Page: 12
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gertrude_Stein#Paris_France_(1940)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein/paris-france/there-is-no-pulse

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> Politeness does not interfere with facts, politeness is just another fact.

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> After all, human beings are like that. When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone.

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