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 WOODThere’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.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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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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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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Celibacy is exhausting.
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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 know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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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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You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
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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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I was in a convent for a year.
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The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America.
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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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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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