But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
BEATRICE WOODChoosing to live in the timeless, I am now at the easiest and happiest time of my life.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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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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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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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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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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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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The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
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I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
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You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
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I’m not too interested in books about India.
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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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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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