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 WOODVery few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That’s just hot air.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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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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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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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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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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And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
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Celibacy is exhausting.
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I’m not too interested in books about India.
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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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I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
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Well, I don’t go out much socially. I don’t enjoy going out.
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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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Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That’s just hot air.
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I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
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I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
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