Technology today is the campfire around which we tell our stories. There's this attraction to light and to this kind of power, which is both warm and destructive. We're especially drawn to the power. Many of the images of technology… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
. . . I wrote a letter to Thomas Pynchon asking, Can I have your permission to try to make an [adaptation] of your book? And I had no idea that he would answer me, because he's pretty elusive. But… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
The best thing about the term 'performance artist' is that it includes just about everything you might want to do. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
If I'm confused, I just spend some time looking at the sky and falling into it. It's not a meditation that anyone taught me,… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
And there was a beutiful view But nobody could see Cause everybody on the island Was saying Look at me! Look at me. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
Dogs don't just like us, they love us, and they admire us. The big reason they admire us is we invented cars. They're like,… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
Paradise Is exactly like Where you are right now Only much much Better. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
Something that has so much power must have life. Instruments have life. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
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