Beatrice Wood

And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color. ”

You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were. ”

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself. ”

But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating. ”

A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic. ”

Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy. ”

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. ”

You know, God, the power that makes life, whatever it is, had just to make two things, masculine and feminine, for all this mischief. And made them so there is this entirely different point of view about love and sex. ”

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. ”

And then a great thing in my life was going to India. ”