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Toshiko Takaezu Quotes

You are not an artist simply because you paint or sculpt or make pots that cannot be used. An artist is a poet in his or her own medium. And when an artist produces a good piece, that work has mystery, an unsaid

You are not an artist simply because you paint or sculpt or make pots that cannot be used. An artist is a poet in his or her own medium. And when an artist produces a good piece, that work has mystery, an unsaid quality; it is alive.

Toshiko Takaezu
Artist, Quality, Pieces
Toshiko Takaezu, Felice Fischer, Darrel Sewell (2004). “The poetry of clay: the art of Toshiko Takaezu”, ACC Distribution

In my life I see no difference between making pots, cooking and growing vegetables. They are all so related. However, there is a need for me to work in clay. It is so gratifying and I get so much joy from it, and it gives me many answers in my life.

Toshiko Takaezu
Vegetables, Differences, Giving
Toshiko Takaezu, Felice Fischer, Darrel Sewell (2004). “The poetry of clay: the art of Toshiko Takaezu”, ACC Distribution

I never had the sense of myself as an accomplished artist, and I always had to work three times as hard as anyone else to make mypieces as good as they could be. I am never completely satisfied. There always seems to be something just beyond my reach.

Toshiko Takaezu
Artist, Three, Accomplished

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