Do be true to yourself, whether it’s bad doesn’t matter. The important thing – you have to copy while you’re studying.
BEATRICE WOODOver and over I’m on the point of giving it up.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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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’m not too interested in books about India.
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You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
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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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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
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Well, I don’t go out much socially. I don’t enjoy going out.
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But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America.
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I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
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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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I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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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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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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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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