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> [“I am developing new coping mechanisms for lost words and lost negatives, as here for instance: compensate by describing the episode instead. When something is lost, redirect energy, follow the derivé, the chance and flow of what life tosses us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moyra-davey/i-am-developing-new-coping-mechanisms-for-lost-words-and-lost/)

[Moyra Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moyra-davey/)

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## More by Moyra Davey

> [Of course it's a lot easier for me if I think of myself as a character to say certain things; it gives me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moyra-davey/of-course-it-s-a-lot-easier-for-me-if-i-think-of-myself-as-a/)

[Moyra Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moyra-davey/)

> [You can't be judgmental. You have to do your best not to be, I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moyra-davey/you-can-t-be-judgmental-you-have-to-do-your-best-not-to-be-i-think/)

[Moyra Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moyra-davey/)

> [“Dipping into the archive is always an interesting, if sometimes unsettling, proposition. It often begins with anxiety, with the fear that the thing you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moyra-davey/dipping-into-the-archive-is-always-an-interesting-if-sometimes/)

[Moyra Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moyra-davey/)

> [I actually like a film in a gallery, because you don't have to show up at a certain time to see something, you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moyra-davey/i-actually-like-a-film-in-a-gallery-because-you-don-t-have-to-show-up/)

[Moyra Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moyra-davey/)

> [I always credit; I never just steal something. I'm very much a product of everything that I've read and seen and heard or listened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moyra-davey/i-always-credit-i-never-just-steal-something-i-m-very-much-a-product/)

[Moyra Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moyra-davey/)

> [When you hate the thing that you're working on, that's when you question it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moyra-davey/when-you-hate-the-thing-that-you-re-working-on-that-s-when-you/)

[Moyra Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moyra-davey/)

> [To be making something as yet unformed, unknown - to be living in a deferred moment - is the most seductive way to exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moyra-davey/to-be-making-something-as-yet-unformed-unknown-to-be-living-in-a/)

[Moyra Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moyra-davey/)

> [I've always made things either paintings, drawing, photographs, or writing. It's all kind of the same thing. It all involves saying more, I guess.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moyra-davey/i-ve-always-made-things-either-paintings-drawing-photographs-or/)

[Moyra Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moyra-davey/)

> [“I am developing new coping mechanisms for lost words and lost negatives, as here for instance: compensate by describing the episode instead. When something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moyra-davey/i-am-developing-new-coping-mechanisms-for-lost-words-and-lost/)

[Moyra Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moyra-davey/)

> [Describing some kinds of feelings comes across as too excessive in the first person. If you put it in the third person, you're taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moyra-davey/describing-some-kinds-of-feelings-comes-across-as-too-excessive-in/)

[Moyra Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moyra-davey/)

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