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 WOODMy life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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Here in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts
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I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
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The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
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My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.
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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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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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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 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, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
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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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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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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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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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