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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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Know, Actress, Very, Concentrated

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

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Color, Like, Most, Tones

And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.

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Work, Art, Usual, Potter

Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.

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Person, Certainly, Tramp, Refined

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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Think, Other, Which, Marcel

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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Fact, Here, Very, First Of All

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

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Mind, Aesthetic, His, Harvard

Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.

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Doing, Here, Most, Crafts

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.

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Love, Feminine, About, Entirely

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.

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Love, Think, I Think, All Women

My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road.

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Road, My Life, Like, Pebbles

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

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Mother, Unhappy, Very, Dominating

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

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My Life, Going, Then, Great Thing

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

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Love, Shy, Yes, Love You

I don't like to sell my finest pieces.

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Like, Sell, Finest, Pieces

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.

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Think, I Think, Though, Fascinating

I happen to believe that there is an afterlife.

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Believe, Happen, Afterlife

I was in a convent for a year.

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Year, Convent

Sex is energy.

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Energy, Sex

Well, I don't go out much socially. I don't enjoy going out.

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Go, Well, Going, Socially

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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Want, Two, Had, Several

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