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 WOODBut you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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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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I was in a convent for a year.
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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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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
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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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But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America.
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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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My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.
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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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But you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
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You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
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I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
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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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