But you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
BEATRICE WOODAnd I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
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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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Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That’s just hot air.
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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, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
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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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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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Well, I don’t go out much socially. I don’t enjoy going out.
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I’m not too interested in books about India.
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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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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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You can’t change the world, you can only change 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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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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