I had no idea I was going to have a career in the theater. I did not plan it. — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
I never studied theatre; I learned it by doing it. If I had studied theatre, I would not be making the kind… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
My theater is slow and calm, yet my life is fast and hectic, going in all directions. — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
There are schools teaching 'stage decoration' as a subject, and they actually call it that. I say: 'Burn those schools!' — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
The first thing you must know as an actor or director is the space you will inhabit. See the architecture; imagine where… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
Actors always start with the voice and language. That's wrong. They should start with the body. The body is an actor's most… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
At the end of the 1960s, I was part of the downtown theatrical movement in New York that was making work in… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
Some years ago, I was invited to speak in Houston, Texas. They said I was a founder of 'postmodern theatre'. So I… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
To me, what is important in the theater is that we don't want to make a conclusion. We don't want to make… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
When I was 12 years old, I went to Natchitoches, La.; it was summer vacation with my family. We visited a plantation, Melrose. And… — Robert Wilson Copy Share
New York is very provincial. They're very cut-off; they don't have an awareness of so much that is going on in the world. — Robert Wilson Copy Share
“The chinese character for "strife" is represented by two women under the same roof.” — Robert Wilson Copy Share
“Eva was a between-the-lines talker. She left the sayable unsaid and said what she meant without saying it.” — Robert Wilson Copy Share
By giving the leadership to the private sector in a capitalistic society, we're going to measure the value of art by how many products… — Robert Wilson Copy Share
I think people are looking for an alternative to the fast pace of everyday life and entertainment. — Robert Wilson Copy Share
Usually in theater, the visual repeats the verbal. The visual dwindles into decoration. But I think with my eyes. For me, the visual is… — Robert Wilson Copy Share
I don't see much difference between living and working. I think living is a part of my work. People often say, 'How can you… — Robert Wilson Copy Share
Everything in Wagner's work - the music, the acting, the staging - stemmed from the text. Everything served to interpret the text. — Robert Wilson Copy Share
My tax dollar, which goes to New York State Council on the Arts, is by and large only spent to fund people from the… — Robert Wilson Copy Share
I never thought about the relationship of my mother, my family, to the content of my work. — Robert Wilson Copy Share
I never studied theatre; I learned it by doing it. If I had studied theatre, I would not be making the kind of theatre… — Robert Wilson Copy Share
