Biography
Author Profession: Artist
Nationality: American
Born: March 3, 1893
Died: March 12, 1998
And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
Beatrice Wood
Art, Work, Usual
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.
Beatrice Wood
Romantic, Sex, Believe
I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
Beatrice Wood
Life, Pieces, Finest
A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
Beatrice Wood
Mind, Rich, Poet
And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
Beatrice Wood
Life, India, Great Things
You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
Beatrice Wood
Girl, Way, Stage
You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
Beatrice Wood
Acting, Actresses, Fascinating
But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
Beatrice Wood
Mother, Unhappy, Charming
But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America.
Beatrice Wood
Art, America, Theatre
I’m not too interested in books about India.
Beatrice Wood
Book, India, Famous,
I was in a convent for a year.
Beatrice Wood
Years, Convent, Location,
The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
Beatrice Wood
Art, America, Bridges
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.
Beatrice Wood
Life, Love, God, You,
Here in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts.
Beatrice Wood
Doing, America, Most, Wonderful,
I happen to believe that there is an afterlife.
Beatrice Wood
Believe, Happen, Afterlife,
I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
Beatrice WOOD
Art, Book, Men
Do be true to yourself, whether it’s bad doesn’t matter. The important thing – you have to copy while you’re studying. 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.
Beatrice Wood
Important, Pearls, Matter
My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.
Beatrice Wood
Life, Happiness, Mistake
You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
Beatrice Wood
World, Changing The World, Change Yourself
I hang on to the statement of scientists that there is no time. Therefore, join me in telling everyone you are thirty-two. This allows me to go after young men and plan grabbing husbands from my girlfriends. Choosing to live in the timeless, I am now at the easiest and happiest time of my life.
Beatrice Wood
Girlfriend, Husband, Men
