Warren MacKenzie Quotes
I used to think Shoji Hamada never drew, until there was a book by Bernard Leach published about his work Hamada: Potter, Tokyo; New York: Harper & Row, 1975 and at the rear of the book were a number of wonderful little sketches, but they were not drawings like Bernard made.
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Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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What I'm interested in is human beings alone.
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A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.
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There is nothing that makes me happier than making a child smile.
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I used to think Shoji Hamada never drew, until there was a book by Bernard Leach published about his work Hamada: Potter, Tokyo; New York: Harper & Row, 1975 and at the rear of the book were a number of wonderful little sketches, but they were not drawings like Bernard made.
