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.
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.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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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 then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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There’s so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else.
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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 I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
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But you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
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Yes, because when you’re in love, you are shy.
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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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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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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 don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
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I’m not too interested in books about India.
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Here in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts
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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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