Artist Quotes by Robert Wilson

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

I learned loudness from working with Lou Reed.

— Robert Wilson

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

“The chinese character for "strife" is represented by two women under the same roof.”

— Robert Wilson

In Europe, unlike the States, they have a cultural policy.

— Robert Wilson

“Eva was a between-the-lines talker. She left the sayable unsaid and said what she meant without saying it.”

— Robert Wilson

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

I think people are looking for an alternative to the fast pace of everyday life and entertainment.

— Robert Wilson

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

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

Everything in Wagner's work - the music, the acting, the staging - stemmed from the text. Everything served to interpret the text.

— Robert Wilson

In my theater, I'm not trying to change the world.

— Robert Wilson

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

I never thought about the relationship of my mother, my family, to the content of my work.

— Robert Wilson

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