I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
BEATRICE WOODCelibacy is exhausting.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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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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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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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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But you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
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Over and over I’m on the point of giving it up.
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I’m not too interested in books about India.
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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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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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I was in a convent for a year.
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I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
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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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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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