How Did You Come to Apprentice With Michael Cardew?

You apprenticed with michael cardew for two years. He was a fierce, irascible, unpredictable, highly intelligent and articulate. But also he was very, very soft, very tender. His whole approach to life, to the pottery am it was like living with with the zend master. You had to be constantly on your toes on high aleart. Nothing was said directly. There would be no more conversation about it. It would be up to you to take the medicine and find out what he meant by it and make the necessary correction.