You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
BEATRICE WOODYou see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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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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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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Yes, because when you’re in love, you are shy.
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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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My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.
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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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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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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 was in a convent for a year.
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I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
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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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Choosing to live in the timeless, I am now at the easiest and happiest time of my life.
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