Beatrice Wood Quotes
26 Beatrice Wood quotes:
"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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"Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts."
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"Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy."
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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 happen to believe that there is an afterlife."
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"And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment."
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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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"That ever since I've been a child I've been interested in art and been dragged through all the museums of Europe and had the sense to buy art books."
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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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"And then a great thing in my life was going to India."
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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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"But you can't realize, you can't know what another person goes through."
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"I was in a convent for a year."
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"I'm not too interested in books about India."
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"Well, I don't go out much socially. I don't enjoy going out."
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"And my first museum show was at Santa Barbara, then the de Young. And, I think it was after the de Young, I had a show at the Los Angeles Museum."
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"But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America."
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"I don't like to sell my finest pieces."
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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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"You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were."
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