The best clay pieces are a result of pushing the clay as far as its nature will allow. A good potter knows when to push and when to say enough.
The only way to understand clay is to get your hands dirty.
If you don’t spend time with a lump of clay, it will have no character or strength.
Clay has stages of development; the key is knowing what part of the design is optimal to which stage.
Clay doesn’t hurry.
The prettiest pieces I’ve made are the least useful.
Its only Clay!
When the clay breaks or falls in, you fix it or start over. Screaming and such seems appropriate, but then you have to go on.
Most things can be fixed.
Clay is nobody’s fault!
To make pottery and loose it to fire or weakness is still better than to have never loved at all.
Some clays can’t take a hot fire without becoming warped.
Some clays will do whatever you want, while others have a mind of their own.
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