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> [If you're looking for like, a pure base for your behavior on stage, maybe it's better to say, "Yeah, you're not obliged to pretend. But, you're also obliged to not pretend." So you have access to both sides, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-maxwell/if-you-re-looking-for-like-a-pure-base-for-your-behavior-on-stage/)

Richard Maxwell

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## More by Richard Maxwell

> [Making work without memory is probably one of my biggest fears. It would be indistinguishable from work that is lazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-maxwell/making-work-without-memory-is-probably-one-of-my-biggest-fears-it/)

Richard Maxwell

> [What's perfect now, might not be so 10 years hence. Whatever we're basing our design ideas on is not what we remember in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-maxwell/what-s-perfect-now-might-not-be-so-10-years-hence-whatever-we-re/)

Richard Maxwell

> [If you're looking for like, a pure base for your behavior on stage, maybe it's better to say, "Yeah, you're not obliged to pretend.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-maxwell/if-you-re-looking-for-like-a-pure-base-for-your-behavior-on-stage/)

Richard Maxwell

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