“Every book is an alchemical creation, and I'm thinking back to 1857 when Herman Melville arrived in Greece and saw the Parthenon for the first time sitting there like a great beached whale, its big white bones exposed to the… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
I wanted to stay hooked because it was the first time I've been part of the tradition where forgetting was just fine. You do it, you try, you forget, you fail. — 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
