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The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.

Beatrice Wood

Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That’s just hot air.
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Air Inspiration People
I’m not too interested in books about India.
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Book India Interested
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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Life Sex Views
And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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Great India Life Things
And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
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Art Usual Work
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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Mean Thinking Time
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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Facts Firsts Work
I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
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Art Books Chocolate Men Owe
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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Another Come Contribute Each Once Pearl True
You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
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Change Changing World Yourself
Well, I don’t go out much socially. I don’t enjoy going out.
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Enjoy Going Out Wells
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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Girlfriend Husband Men
My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.
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Happiness Life Mistake
But you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
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Knows Persons Realizing
Over and over I’m on the point of giving it up.
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Giving Over Point
And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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Color Tone

The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.

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