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Knows Quotes by Miranda July

8 Knows quotes by Miranda July

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Miranda July’s work thrives on the quirky and intimate, and these eight brief statements on knowing reflect her talent for turning ordinary moments into thought‑provoking vignettes.

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Most great filmmakers are good at place. Like how people say, like, "The city itself is a character in the movie," you…

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People ask, 'Why would you cast yourself in your movie?' And, for me, it's more like an achievement that I am now…

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I'm always just trying to get the work done so that I can be free - like, with the sense that, like,…

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If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why…

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You've got the people you know, which are problematic. Always. They're rich but they're also real people living their lives alongside you.…

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Collections are certainly abundant online. It's complicated, because it's not like these people didn't want computers, although there was some nonchalance about…

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When you're trying to create something and you need to hang out, in not knowing, in all the cracks and spaces where…

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Since I started making art, I've always had some kind of project that was really about and for other people, because I…

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I like embracing kind of normal forms but am always trying to approach them as if no one's ever done that before. As if…

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“It wasn't good, he wasn't good, he did not have good intentions. I stood there, and he stood there. He breathed out the bitter…

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The whole thing of working in all these different mediums, it's just so that I can always be playing hooky from one of them.…

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The thing I am most interested in is power relations - it is so easy in a relationship like that [of an artist and…

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Are you angry? Punch a pillow. Was it satisfying? Not hardly. These days people are too angry for punching. What you might try is…

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It was a tiny sound but it woke me up because it was a human sound.

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I'm not a cinephile. My films don't reference films. I'm more interested in rhythm and feeling.

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“We were anxious to begin our life as people who had no people. And it was easy to find an apartment because we had…

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I'm always the kind of friend or girlfriend who suggests, when there's some cataclysmic problem in the relationship, I'm like, "Well, maybe we can…

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I wrestle my fears with every big decision I make. Ultimately, maybe all that wrestling does is make you sick of your own thoughts,…

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When I had a baby, I was consumed with my body.

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I'm quite a cerebral person. Often I feel quite stuck in that.

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Somewhat predictably, I'm much more comfortable in front of an audience - and a big audience is even better - than faced with one…

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We humans are here because nothing can be perfect. There always have to be some living things that are unsatisfied, itchy, trying too hard.…

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