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title: "13 Bernard Leach Quotes By Warren MacKenzie"
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> [ It was a wonderful opportunity. And so for two and a half years we lived with \[Bernard\] Leach. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/it-was-a-wonderful-opportunity-and-so-for-two-and-a-half-years-we/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [ Bernard \[Leach\] was, as I said , trained as a painter and an etcher. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/bernard-leach-was-as-i-said-trained-as-a-painter-and-an-etcher/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [ We benefited from living with \[Bernard\] Leach, because suddenly all of his friends became our acquaintances. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/we-benefited-from-living-with-bernard-leach-because-suddenly-all-of/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [ \[ Bernard\] Leach was the one who taught us that, because he, too, had started out as a painter and an etcher… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/bernard-leach-was-the-one-who-taught-us-that-because-he-too-had/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [ Eventually we even got to the point where we could disagree with \[Bernard Leach\]. I mean, when we first went there, gee,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/eventually-we-even-got-to-the-point-where-we-could-disagree-with/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [It was there that we really first came in contact with the work of Shoji Hamada, who was Bernard's best friend from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/it-was-there-that-we-really-first-came-in-contact-with-the-work-of/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [ Bernard \[Leach\] was making pots which were duplicates of his drawing, and that was a difference of approach, which I think is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/bernard-leach-was-making-pots-which-were-duplicates-of-his-drawing/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [ Living with \[Bernard\] Leach, who thought about pottery 24 hours a day, was a fantastic experience, and we really began to get… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/living-with-bernard-leach-who-thought-about-pottery-24-hours-a-day/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [ We \[with Alix MacKenzie\] had decided we needed further training, and certainly Leach was the one we turned to. So we went… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/we-with-alix-mackenzie-had-decided-we-needed-further-training-and/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [ If \[Bernard Leach\] didn't like the drawing, he'd X it out and do another one and change the form a little bit.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/if-bernard-leach-didn-t-like-the-drawing-he-d-x-it-out-and-do-another/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [ In fact, when Bernard \[Leach\] would be called away to go up to London for something and we'd be living alone for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/in-fact-when-bernard-leach-would-be-called-away-to-go-up-to-london/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [ I do remember that when we left \[Bernard Leach\] after two and a half years, we went home on a boat again… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/i-do-remember-that-when-we-left-bernard-leach-after-two-and-a-half/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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> [ We became more familiar with \[Bernard Leach\], and with this familiarity came, I wouldn't say contempt, but certainly an awareness that everything… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/we-became-more-familiar-with-bernard-leach-and-with-this-familiarity/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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## More by Warren MacKenzie

> [ \[Kathleen Blackshear\] just said, "Have you thought of looking at this?" and so on and so on and so on. And it was a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/kathleen-blackshear-just-said-have-you-thought-of-looking-at-this-and/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [ Some years ago I was working on some forms which were vase forms with a fairly narrow base, and it was after \[Hans\] Coper… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/some-years-ago-i-was-working-on-some-forms-which-were-vase-forms-with/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [I found out later on that was not true, that life drawing tells you a great deal about rhythm, about the structure of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/i-found-out-later-on-that-was-not-true-that-life-drawing-tells-you-a/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [Remember, this is back in the '40s, and the idea of a museum being a place where interested people could come in direct contact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/remember-this-is-back-in-the-40s-and-the-idea-of-a-museum-being-a/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [ At the end of that two weeks Bernard \[Leach\] asked us if we would like to sit with him tending the kiln, the big… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/at-the-end-of-that-two-weeks-bernard-leach-asked-us-if-we-would-like/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [I got drafted into the army and by pure chance was pushed into a silk-screen shop at this camp where I was, because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/i-got-drafted-into-the-army-and-by-pure-chance-was-pushed-into-a-silk/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [ \[In the Field Museum of Natural History\] we could see very simple, primitive, hand-built pottery from Babylonia and ancient Egypt and so forth, Greece.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/in-the-field-museum-of-natural-history-we-could-see-very-simple/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [Chicago is a wonderful area because it's blessed with a tremendous number of museums of various sorts, not only the Art Institute of Chicago…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/chicago-is-a-wonderful-area-because-it-s-blessed-with-a-tremendous/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [ It was a wonderful opportunity. And so for two and a half years we lived with \[Bernard\] Leach. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/it-was-a-wonderful-opportunity-and-so-for-two-and-a-half-years-we/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [ We thought \[with Alix MacKenzie\], if those are the kinds of pots from every culture that interest us, why would we think that it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/we-thought-with-alix-mackenzie-if-those-are-the-kinds-of-pots-from/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [I went to the Chicago Art Institute, which was the best painting school in the area at that time. And I took painting classes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/i-went-to-the-chicago-art-institute-which-was-the-best-painting/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [It was there that we really first came in contact with the work of Shoji Hamada, who was Bernard's best friend from Japan, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/it-was-there-that-we-really-first-came-in-contact-with-the-work-of/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [ Bernard \[Leach\] was making pots which were duplicates of his drawing, and that was a difference of approach, which I think is quite critical… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/bernard-leach-was-making-pots-which-were-duplicates-of-his-drawing/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [I don't know, it's very difficult if you're in a strange country to just barge in and say, "Hello, I'm Warren MacKenzie, and aren't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/i-don-t-know-it-s-very-difficult-if-you-re-in-a-strange-country-to/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

> [ \[Shoji\] Hamada seldom drew an exact drawing of a pot that he was going to make. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/shoji-hamada-seldom-drew-an-exact-drawing-of-a-pot-that-he-was-going/)

[Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mackenzie/)

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