And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
BEATRICE WOODHere in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
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Do be true to yourself, whether it’s bad doesn’t matter. The important thing – you have to copy while you’re studying.
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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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And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love.
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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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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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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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Over and over I’m on the point of giving it up.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That’s just hot air.
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First 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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Choosing to live in the timeless, I am now at the easiest and happiest time of my life.
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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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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
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I’m not too interested in books about India.
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