You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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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I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
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But you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
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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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Here in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts
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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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There’s so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else.
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Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That’s just hot air.
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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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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Celibacy is exhausting.
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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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I was in a convent for a year.
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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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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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