A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
BEATRICE WOODFirst of all, I’d like to say here the fact that I’m not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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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.
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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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I’m not too interested in books about India.
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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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You know, God, the power that makes life, whatever it is, had just to make two things, masculine and feminine, for all this mischief. And made them so there is this entirely different point of view about love and sex
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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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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.
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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
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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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Over and over I’m on the point of giving it up.
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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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