<P> The sentence `` Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose . '' was written by Gertrude Stein as part of the 1913 poem `` Sacred Emily '' , which appeared in the 1922 book Geography and Plays . In that poem , the first `` Rose '' is the name of a person . Stein later used variations on the sentence in other writings , and `` A rose is a rose is a rose '' is among her most famous quotations , often interpreted as meaning `` things are what they are '' , a statement of the law of identity , `` A is A '' . In Stein 's view , the sentence expresses the fact that simply using the name of a thing already invokes the imagery and emotions associated with it , an idea also intensively discussed in the problem of universals debate where Peter Abelard and others used the rose as an example concept . As the quotation diffused through her own writing , and the culture at large , Stein once remarked , `` Now listen ! I 'm no fool . I know that in daily life we do n't go around saying ' is a ... is a ... is a ... ' Yes , I 'm no fool ; but I think that in that line the rose is red for the first time in English poetry for a hundred years . '' ( Four in America ) . </P>
<P> The sentence `` Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose . '' was written by Gertrude Stein as part of the 1913 poem `` Sacred Emily '' , which appeared in the 1922 book Geography and Plays . In that poem , the first `` Rose '' is the name of a person . Stein later used variations on the sentence in other writings , and `` A rose is a rose is a rose '' is among her most famous quotations , often interpreted as meaning `` things are what they are '' , a statement of the law of identity , `` A is A '' . In Stein 's view , the sentence expresses the fact that simply using the name of a thing already invokes the imagery and emotions associated with it , an idea also intensively discussed in the problem of universals debate where Peter Abelard and others used the rose as an example concept . As the quotation diffused through her own writing , and the culture at large , Stein once remarked , `` Now listen ! I 'm no fool . I know that in daily life we do n't go around saying ' is a ... is a ... is a ... ' Yes , I 'm no fool ; but I think that in that line the rose is red for the first time in English poetry for a hundred years . '' ( Four in America ) . </P>
who said a rose is a rose is a rose
who said a rose is a rose is a rose
Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein