Beatrice Wood on crafts
Beatrice Wood35 quotes“Here in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts”
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I was in a convent for a year.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood There’s so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn’t mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood Hardships and handicaps can…stimulate our energy to survive them. You’ll find if you study the lives of people who’ve accomplished things, it’s often been done with the help of great willpower in overcoming this and that.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood Celibacy is exhausting.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood Choosing to live in the timeless, I am now at the easiest and happiest time of my life.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood But you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood Yes, because when you’re in love, you are shy.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood First of all, I’d like to say here the fact that I’m not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood
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