Richard Maxwell Professions : Theater Director Born : 1967 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by 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 past. It's something that kind of folds in on itself. Richard Maxwell design perfect past 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 will. It's never a pure binary thing, but you can pretend. If you have total agency as a performer, then both are at your disposal. Richard Maxwell binary behavior Making work without memory is probably one of my biggest fears. It would be indistinguishable from work that is lazy. Richard Maxwell lazy memories Similar Authors Arthur Hopkins theater-director Diane Paulus theater-director John Hirsch theater-director Tony Taccone theater-director Robert J. Wilson theater-director Robert Falls theater-director All Authors