And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
BEATRICE WOODCelibacy is exhausting.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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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 have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
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The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
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Well, I don’t go out much socially. I don’t enjoy going out.
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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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Here in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts
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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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You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
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But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America.
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I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
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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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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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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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Yes, because when you’re in love, you are shy.
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