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 WOODWell, I don’t go out much socially. I don’t enjoy going out.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
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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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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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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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I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
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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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But you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
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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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You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
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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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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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Yes, because when you’re in love, you are shy.
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I’m not too interested in books about India.
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