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title: "13 Form Quotes By Warren MacKenzie"
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> [So I very quickly stopped almost all decoration. I was interested in the three-dimensional form of the pots, but my decoration was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/so-i-very-quickly-stopped-almost-all-decoration-i-was-interested-in/)

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

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> [I found out later on that was not true, that life drawing tells you a great deal about rhythm, about the structure…](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/)

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> [ Alix \[MacKenzie\] was a looser, more linear painter, dealing with amoebic forms, let's say, close to \[Joan\] Miró as opposed to my… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/alix-mackenzie-was-a-looser-more-linear-painter-dealing-with-amoebic/)

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

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> [ These narrow-footed forms I was making, I thought, gosh, I could push those further, not to construct them the way \[Hans\] Coper… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/these-narrow-footed-forms-i-was-making-i-thought-gosh-i-could-push/)

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

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> [ In the Leach Pottery we did most of our work on the wheel. \[Bernard\] Leach did a little work in the studio,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/in-the-leach-pottery-we-did-most-of-our-work-on-the-wheel-bernard/)

[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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> [ \[Bernard Leach\] was an incredible draftsman, and at the end of breakfast time, for instance, he would push his plate back, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/bernard-leach-was-an-incredible-draftsman-and-at-the-end-of-breakfast/)

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

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> [Some years ago I was working on some forms which were vase forms with a fairly narrow base, and it was after…](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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16b/warren-mackenzie-4654_bits_some-years-ago-i-was-working-on-some-for_61245.jpg)

> [I thought I was going to be able to use my painting ideas as decoration on pottery, but my painting did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/i-thought-i-was-going-to-be-able-to-use-my-painting-ideas-as/)

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

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> [ Alix \[MacKenzie\], on the other hand, found that her painting would translate much more readily into decoration, and she could play with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/alix-mackenzie-on-the-other-hand-found-that-her-painting-would/)

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

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> [If you take Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, their work didn't even relate to what we were trying to do, because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/if-you-take-lucie-rie-and-hans-coper-their-work-didn-t-even-relate-to/)

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

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> [ Finally if I had a pot that needed decoration, I would hand it to Alix \[MacKenzie\] and I would say, "Can you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/finally-if-i-had-a-pot-that-needed-decoration-i-would-hand-it-to-alix/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/warren-mackenzie-4654_brushes_finally-if-i-had-a-pot-that-needed-decor_2413257.jpg)

> [Things happen very quickly and they have to happen quickly in order to have vitality, which I think is essentially part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mackenzie/things-happen-very-quickly-and-they-have-to-happen-quickly-in-order/)

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

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## Other authors on Form

## 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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