Beatrice Wood

“I owe it all to art books, chocolate, and young men.”

“The only things I regret, and the only things I'll ever regret are things I didn't do.”

“My life is my art.”

“Sex is the one thing you can't overdo. It's the one thing that gets better as you get older.”

“Do what you're supposed to do. Do what you love. That's the most important thing.”

“Be yourself. That's all you have to do.”

“The only reason for this longevity is that I have a passion for life.”

“I think the world would be a better place if everyone was a little more eccentric.”

“I've been in love all my life. I'm in love with life.”

“I never have taken a lesson in my life.”

“I went to the Theosophical Society for my religion, to Ojai for my health, and to the movies for my pleasure.”

“I paint and draw and make pots, and people buy them. And I'm very lucky.”

“I live in the present. I don't think about the future. I don't think about the past.”