Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Bernard Leach
Born: January 5, 1887
Died: May 6, 1979 (aged 92)
Bio: Bernard Howell Leach was a British studio potter and art teacher. He is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery".
Known for:
- Potter's Work (1940)
- Hamada (1975)
- Beyond East and West (1978)
- Drawings, verse & belief (1974)
- A potter in Japan, 1952-1954 (1960)