Micah Lexier Quotes

• As I'm getting older, I'm moving away from calculations and measurement. I'm trying to be more open to vulnerability and mistakes.

  Micah Lexier

  Mistake, Moving, Getting Older

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. October 1, 2013.

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• Instead of imposing something, let it make itself.

  Micah Lexier

  Imponente

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. October 1, 2013.

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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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  Significado, Nombres, Personas

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. October 1, 2013.

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• Doing a job well is the thing. It's its own thing.

  Micah Lexier

  Jobs, Wells

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. October 1, 2013.

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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.

  Micah Lexier

  Mother, Morning, Giving Up

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. October 1, 2013.

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• Sometimes being an artist is a real drag. It can be incredibly bureaucratic.

  Micah Lexier

  Real, Artist, Sometimes

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. October 1, 2013.

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• My collaborations have to be very positive. I will never work with a person I fight with.

  Micah Lexier

  Fighting, Collaboration, Very Positive

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. October 1, 2013.

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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.

  Micah Lexier

  Cutting, Knives, Thursday

  "A Believer Excerpt From Sheila Heti’s Interview With Artist Micah Lexier". Interview with Sheila Heti, www.mcsweeneys.net. October 11, 2013.

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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.

  Micah Lexier

  Clothes, Dollars, Problem

  "A Believer Excerpt From Sheila Heti’s Interview With Artist Micah Lexier". Interview with Sheila Heti, www.mcsweeneys.net. October 11, 2013.

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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.

  Micah Lexier

  Simple, Clothes, Mind

  "A Believer Excerpt From Sheila Heti’s Interview With Artist Micah Lexier". Interview with Sheila Heti, www.mcsweeneys.net. October 11, 2013.

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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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  Thinking, Meals, Kind

  "A Believer Excerpt From Sheila Heti’s Interview With Artist Micah Lexier". Interview with Sheila Heti, www.mcsweeneys.net. October 11, 2013.

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• I love thoroughness. I respect people that do a job well.

  Micah Lexier

  Jobs, People, Wells

  "A Believer Excerpt From Sheila Heti’s Interview With Artist Micah Lexier". Interview with Sheila Heti, www.mcsweeneys.net. October 11, 2013.

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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.

  Micah Lexier

  Keys, Childhood, Used

  "A Believer Excerpt From Sheila Heti’s Interview With Artist Micah Lexier". Interview with Sheila Heti, www.mcsweeneys.net. October 11, 2013.

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• Every time I work on a project, I keep every little piece of paper.

  Micah Lexier

  Pieces, Paper, Littles

  "A Believer Excerpt From Sheila Heti’s Interview With Artist Micah Lexier". Interview with Sheila Heti, www.mcsweeneys.net. October 11, 2013.

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• It's nice to make a project where you can show the full breadth of who you are.

  Micah Lexier

  Nice, Projects, Shows

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. October 1, 2013.

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