Micah Lexier quotes
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“As I'm getting older, I'm moving away from calculations and measurement. I'm trying to be more open to vulnerability and mistakes.”
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“Instead of imposing something, let it make itself.”
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“I have a lifetime project which consists of boxes and boxes filled with envelopes on which people have written my name. I've always thought of it as a kind of double portrait, and a portrait of our relationship, which in some cases means nothing. But it makes me feel connected.”
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“Doing a job well is the thing. It's its own thing.”
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“Maybe I don't think I'm touching people, but I am. Sometimes I'm sitting there at three in the morning, proofreading something, and I'm thinking, Is this really worth it? Or am I doing this only because my mother taught me never to give up? Then you realize, no, even if it doesn't come back to you, you are touching people.”
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“Sometimes being an artist is a real drag. It can be incredibly bureaucratic.”
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“My collaborations have to be very positive. I will never work with a person I fight with.”
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“I carry a knife with me so I can cut images out of cardboard boxes. I'm always cutting cardboard. Especially every Thursday, which is recycling day.”
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“I like the authentic object, and I have no problem paying sixty dollars for a T-shirt if it fits me really well and it's really well made. I like unassuming clothes.”
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“I like well-made clothes, and I don't mind spending a lot of money on something that looks super, super simple. I don't like knockoffs.”
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“I don't cook for myself. I eat every meal out. I'm fed by others. I think it's a kind of social thing. I work collaboratively with others. A meal with a friend is my ultimate thing.”
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“I love thoroughness. I respect people that do a job well.”
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“I'm a collector. I was born a collector. I came out of the womb a collector. I can trace it back to childhood - collecting used keys.”
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“Every time I work on a project, I keep every little piece of paper.”
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“It's nice to make a project where you can show the full breadth of who you are.”
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