Mary Catherine Bateson Quotes
Mary Catherine Bateson (2004). “Willing to Learn: Passages of Personal Discovery”
Human beings tend to regard the conventions of their own societies as natural, often as sacred.
Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.57, Grove Press
Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.14, Grove Press
Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.223, Grove Press
Mary Catherine Bateson (2007). “Composing a Life”, p.111, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.
Mary Catherine Bateson (1984). “With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson”, William Morrow & Company
Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live.
Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.13, Grove Press
Mary Catherine Bateson (1985). “With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson”, Pocket Books
Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.3, Grove Press
Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.6, Grove Press
Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.71, Grove Press
Improvisation can be either a last resort or an established way of evoking creativity.
Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.4, Grove Press