“I have never found a solo life is devastated.At times it is lonely.It is a selfish life doing only the things you want to do. That is what the general public are jealous of but are not prepared to take the loneliness to reap the excitement that only solos can accept without having to consider others.” New ZealandArtsPotteryWomen S BiographyArts EducationNew Zealand BiographyArts History Author:Theresa Sjoquist
“No-one has the right to terminate a person's life with a gun, a knife, or a makutu (spell).” Arts EducationNew Zealand BiographyEccentric WomenNew Zealand Artist Book:Yvonne Rust: Maverick Spirit Source: Yvonne Rust: Maverick Spirit
“It was hard to get jobs on farms doing wool-classing, but I got them. They had to learn to like a female wool-classer.” Art HistoryArts EducationNew Zealand BiographyWomens BiographyArtist Biography Author:Theresa Sjoquist
“I realised that I had become too introverted. When you are the person everyone comes to in an isolated area, you have no-one to discuss things with. It's good up to a point but dreadful in a way. You simply have to have the corners rubbed off you and have criticism that's pretty cruel if you are to toe the line.” PotteryNew Zealand Art HistoryWomen S BiographyNew Zealand BiographyNew Zealand Arts Education Author:Theresa Sjoquist
“I know where I am going now with art. I have found myself. Yvonne Rust 1994, aged 72.” PotteryNew Zealand Art HistoryNew Zealand BiographyNew Zealand Art EducationWomens Biography Author:Theresa Sjoquist
“Knowledge is addictive. Keep it up.” PotteryNew Zealand Art HistoryNew Zealand BiographyYvonne RustNew Zealand Art EducationWomens Biography Author:Theresa Sjoquist
“When Margot died after a car accident in which my sister was also seriously injured in November 1970, I sat on a hill behind a friend's house in Greymouth trying to get my head around having to identify the body of my university sweetheart. Yvonne was the only one who came with condolences (Paul Caffyn)” New ZealandNew Zealand Art HistoryWomen S BiographyNew Zealand BiographyNew Zealand PotteryYvonne Rust QsmArtists Biography Author:Theresa Sjoquist