The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
BEATRICE WOODI, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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Here in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts
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But you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
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Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That’s just hot air.
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Yes, because when you’re in love, you are shy.
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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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And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
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But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America.
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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 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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Over and over I’m on the point of giving it up.
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Choosing to live in the timeless, I am now at the easiest and happiest time of my life.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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