And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment.
The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America.
And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
That ever since I've been a child I've been interested in art and been dragged through all the museums of Europe and had the sense to buy art books.
And my first museum show was at Santa Barbara, then the de Young. And, I think it was after the de Young, I had a show at the Los Angeles Museum.
We moved immediately to New York and then I was taken over to Paris and I learned to read French before I learned to read English.