The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes

“The only bill not overdue was for my health insurance. That’s because I don’t have any. Never have. Based on the figure the federal government claims is the average monthly cost of health coverage for someone like me who is self-employed, I’ve saved about $200,000 since opening Spirits in Clay. I”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O'Keeffe

“The Flanders Panel is a murder mystery by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. It’s a great book.”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O'Keeffe

“There’s a reason why our knees don’t bend back a full one hundred and eighty degrees. God knew we’d kick ourselves in the ass if they did.”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O'Keeffe

“O’Keeffe said, “I have always first had a show for myself—and made up my mind—then after that it doesn’t matter to me very much what anyone else says—good or bad.”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O'Keeffe

“He found it a few years ago hiking in the wilderness.” “No wonder it’s all beat up. Canvases just aren’t suited to wilderness hiking.”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O'Keeffe

“Because she couldn’t read or write, the Spaniards labeled her uncivilized. But her ability to make and read petroglyphs is the same skill exercised in a different way. The markings on her pot had as much meaning for her as the words in a book do for us. The lines and angles didn’t make her pots stronger or improve their capacity to store seeds. They are there because the potter was answering Whitman’s question, “What good amid these, O me, O life?” The powerful play does indeed go on, and she contributed a verse. The”
― J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O'Keeffe