"I had, shall we say, an audience with Louise Nevelson. God, she was grand--and yet simplistic. Don't ask me how she did this. Every actress to whom I have told the story of our encounter has wanted to know how she could be so grand, so imperious, and yet direct and accessible. She was remarkable. 'Let's not worry about being blocked,' she told me, using the royal 'we' to comment upon those who make things for a living or for inspiration. 'One is not blocked; one is merely lazy or thinking of something better. There is no excuse for not working and getting it better.' And she's right. You take a piece of wood or marble, or a string of words, or some tubes of paint, and you do what you can. That's working. And you hope and pray that it matters. But there really is no excuse for not getting to it."
Tennessee Williams/Interview with James Grissom/1982. Photograph by Cecil Beaton.
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