Bernard Leach Quotes

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Do not pursue skills, technique will follow the idea. The idea will find technique, it is included in the real gift.

Bernard Leach

The pot is the man: his virtues and his vices are shown therein – no disguise is possible.

Bernard Leach

It seems reasonable to expect that beauty will emerge from a fusion of the individual character and culture of the potter, with the nature of his materials.

Bernard Leach

Bernard Leach

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)

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