A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.

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I don't like to sell my finest pieces.

I don't like to sell my finest pieces.

And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just...

And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just...

And then a great thing in my life was going to India.

And then a great thing in my life was going to India.

And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things,...

And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things,...

There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating...

There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating...

Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.

Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.

Well, I don't go out much socially. I don't enjoy going out.

Well, I don't go out much socially. I don't enjoy going out.

And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't...

And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't...

You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.

You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.

Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.

Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.

I'm not too interested in books about India.

I'm not too interested in books about India.

I was in a convent for a year.

I was in a convent for a year.

But you can't realize, you can't know what another person goes through.

But you can't realize, you can't know what another person goes through.

And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic...

And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic...

But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but...

But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but...

Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.

Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.

But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America.

But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America.

Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy.

Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy.

First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a...

First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a...

You know, God, the power that makes life, whatever it is, had just to make...

You know, God, the power that makes life, whatever it is, had just to make...