And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
BEATRICE WOODWell, I don’t go out much socially. I don’t enjoy going out.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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I’m not too interested in books about India.
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Celibacy is exhausting.
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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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My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.
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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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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
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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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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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Yes, because when you’re in love, you are shy.
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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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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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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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I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
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