Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
BEATRICE WOODWell, I don’t go out much socially. I don’t enjoy going out.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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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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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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Here in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts
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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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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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My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.
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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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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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Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That’s just hot air.
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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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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.
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I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
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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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