You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
BEATRICE WOODThe 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.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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Here in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts
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I’m not too interested in books about India.
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I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
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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.
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I hang on to the statement of scientists that there is no time. Therefore, join me in telling everyone you are thirty-two. This allows me to go after young men and plan grabbing husbands from my girlfriends.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That’s just hot air.
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The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
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I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
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And culture is – each of us – is like one pearl added to another to make a chain. We each contribute to the other. And that’s all right. But once you’re on your own, do that which comes from within. And I feel this very strongly.
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Choosing to live in the timeless, I am now at the easiest and happiest time of my life.
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Celibacy is exhausting.
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And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
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