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 Copy Share Image
[Shoji] Hamada seldom drew an exact drawing of a pot that he was going to make. — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
[Shoji] Hamada's [drawings] were little one-line notations of something he wanted to remember about a pot or a piece of furniture or… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I followed [Shoji] Hamada, because I guess Alix [MacKenzie] and I, we both saw the danger that lay in planning things out… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
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![“[Shoji] Hamada's [drawings] were little one-line notations of something he wanted to remember about a pot or a piece of furniture or a landscape or something like that, and they were just done very quickly and they had, he thought, no artistic quality. They're not great drawings, but they served…” quote by Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f43/warren-mackenzie-4654_artistic_shoji-hamada-s-drawings-were-little-one_2030891.jpg)
![“I followed [Shoji] Hamada, because I guess Alix [MacKenzie] and I, we both saw the danger that lay in planning things out on paper and then simply executing them. And with Hamada there was a much more direct sense that the piece had happened in the process of making on the wheel, and that was what…” quote by Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f6c/warren-mackenzie-4654_able_i-followed-shoji-hamada-because-i-guess_2116126.jpg)