First of all, I’d like to say here the fact that I’m not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
BEATRICE WOODHardships 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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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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Here in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts
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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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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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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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And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
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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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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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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’m not too interested in books about India.
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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
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I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
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Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That’s just hot air.
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