Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
BEATRICE WOODAnd 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.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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I was in a convent for a year.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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Yes, because when you’re in love, you are shy.
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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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Well, I don’t go out much socially. I don’t enjoy going out.
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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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But you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
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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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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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Over and over I’m on the point of giving it up.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.
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Here in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts
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You can’t change the world, you can only change 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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