Achieve Quote by Warren MacKenzie

“MacKenzie still throws clay on the wheel every day, and with effort his skill has improved: “I think back to some of the pots…

— Angela Duckworth

Looking back on it now, I understand why that was not possible [to express ourselves], because the pottery employed a dozen people, not all…

— Warren MacKenzie

We were working from very exact models and dimensions and weights of clay to make these pots which had been designed some 10 or…

— Warren MacKenzie

When Bernard [Leach] wrote his book, he wrote about the fact that even when pots are made in a series, there is a personality…

— Warren MacKenzie

I'm striving to make things which are the most exciting things I can make that will fit in people's homes. And in that respect,…

— Warren MacKenzie

We could make our own pots on the weekends and in the evenings, and we used to do that, and these would be fired…

— Warren MacKenzie

I find it really enriching to make pots which people are using and which they come in contact with, not only visually in their…

— Warren MacKenzie

In looking at these pots at the Field Museum, Alix [MacKenzie] and I both came to a conclusion individually but also collectively that the…

— Warren MacKenzie

In my life I see no difference between making pots, cooking and growing vegetables. They are all so related. However, there is a need…

— Toshiko Takaezu

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

— Warren MacKenzie

High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite…

— Nancy Gibbs

The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness.

— Laozi