Beatrice Wood
Beatrice Wood
Beatrice Woodwas an American artist and studio potter involved in the Avant Garde movement in the United States; she founded The Blind Man magazine in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1916. She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris, and was working in New York as an actress. She later worked at sculpture and pottery. Wood was characterized as the "Mama of Dada."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth3 March 1893
CountryUnited States of America
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.
And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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.
And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
I'm not too interested in books about India.
I was in a convent for a year.
You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
Celibacy is exhausting.
Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That's just hot air.