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 th…

- Toshiko Takaezu

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 …

- Toshiko Takaezu

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 …

- Toshiko Takaezu