Gertrude Stein Quote

Explanations are clear but since no one to whom a thing is explained can connect the explanations with what is really clear, therefore clear explanations are not clear. Now this is a simple thing that anybody who has ever argued or quarreled knows perfectly well is a simple thing, only when they read it they do not understand it because they do not see that understanding and believing are not the same thing.


Ch. 4 - Everybody's Autobiography (1937)


Explanations are clear but since no one to whom a thing is explained can connect the explanations with what is really clear, therefore clear...

Explanations are clear but since no one to whom a thing is explained can connect the explanations with what is really clear, therefore clear...

Explanations are clear but since no one to whom a thing is explained can connect the explanations with what is really clear, therefore clear...

Explanations are clear but since no one to whom a thing is explained can connect the explanations with what is really clear, therefore clear...