Pottery Quotes

A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or…

— James M. Cain

“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your…

— Shauna Niequist

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

— Brandon Sanderson

[In the Field Museum of Natural History] we could see very simple, primitive, hand-built pottery from Babylonia and ancient Egypt and so…

— Warren MacKenzie

In the 19th century China dominated the manufacture of porcelain. Then European factories discovered a cheaper method of making pottery of equal…

— Martin Sorrell

Many years ago, when I was once saying sadly to Max it was a pity I couldn't have taken up archaeology when…

— Agatha Christie

We thought [with Alix MacKenzie], if those are the kinds of pots from every culture that interest us, why would we think…

— Warren MacKenzie

I have no policy for my collection. For example, there's a bunch of meteorite [on the windowsill in my studio]. I touch…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

It was there that we really first came in contact with the work of Shoji Hamada, who was Bernard's best friend from…

— Warren MacKenzie

Then they have the audacity to go shopping and pick out their own gifts. I want to know who the first person…

— Chelsea Handler

In the Leach Pottery we did most of our work on the wheel. [Bernard] Leach did a little work in the studio,…

— Warren MacKenzie

“Her small bedroom was decorated with cheerfully embroidered samplers, which she had stitched herself, and a shelf containing an intricate shellwork tableau.…

— Janet Gleeson

There is on the earth no institution which Friendship has established; it is not taught by any religion; no scripture contains itsmaxims.…

— Henry David Thoreau

I celebrated [my 50th birthday] by throwing a big bowl on the pottery wheel, then going for a water ski at the…

— Marcia Gay Harden

My mum and dad worked in the pottery industry.

— Phil Taylor

Having a little fun at my work does not make me any less of an artist and people who appreciate truly beautiful…

— Clarice Cliff

If I hadn't been a designer, I'd have been a painter. I began as a painter and learned the craft of pottery…

— Eva Zeisel

I love collecting market stuff in Mexico. I have an etagere built onto the wall of my living room, which has cubicles…

— Rick Bayless

When we worked at the pottery, we did learn to make pots, that is, the physical act of making the pot. We…

— Warren MacKenzie

I do pottery. I love it. It's very relaxing; it takes me to another planet.

— Eva Herzigova

There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate…

— Rainn Wilson

The craze for the 'taant er sari,' terracotta pottery or Bengal jewellery will never wane because Bengal portrays unparalleled diversity.

— Sharmila Tagore

I was digging in the backyard to get my own clay and making pottery. And then I started taking pictures and built…

— Steven Klein

Israel is the very embodiment of Jewish continuity: It is the only nation on earth that inhabits the same land, bears the…

— Charles Krauthammer

I'm trolling through the recesses of my mind for the things I did with my kids when they used to like to…

— Michelle Obama