Some of my favorite experiences of art are when I am there but my attention has wandered. I think stimulation is overrated, and persistent stimulation is exhausting. You sometimes have to be banal, tedious: make the rhythm go soft and slow, give the mind a rest.
タグ: mind, i-am, you, art

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When I was younger, I think that I felt like I could only live one way, and I had to figure out which of those one ways it was going to be. I have no anxiety about making the wrong decision.
タグ: way, live, think, decision
Everyone is their own kind of poet - you can't miss it when their words are written down.
タグ: own, down, words, you
'The Chairs are Where the People Go' was told to me by my friend Misha Glouberman; I typed as he talked. In 'How Should a Person Be?' the transcribed dialogues between me and my friends help form the structure of the book.
タグ: book, go, people, me
You don't go to tarot readers or psychics when everything's going well. It's always evidence of rock-bottom.
タグ: everything, always, go, you
Renown is something people have always wanted, but maybe what's modern is that it's considered a virtue, this desire, rather than a vice. I might be wrong about this.
タグ: wrong, desire, always, people
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