My tax dollar, which goes to New York State Council on the Arts, is by and large only spent to fund people… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
I don't see much difference between living and working. I think living is a part of my work. People often say, 'How… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
If you take a Baroque commode and put a Baroque clock on top of it, maybe it is not so interesting as… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
I think that in my plays you can come in for 20 minutes and get something out of it. I'd like to… — 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
The first year I was in New York, I met Martha Graham. She said, 'Well, Mr. Wilson, what do you want to… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
I did a masterclass at the Juilliard and asked the students, 'Can you stand?' 'Sure.' 'Can you walk?' 'Sure.' They couldn't. They… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
I had dinner with Marlene Dietrich in the early 1970s. I went to pick her up and she had someone with her,… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
When you're playing King Lear, you have to have a little humour, or you will have no tragedy when the king dies. — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
If you see the sunset, does it have to mean something? If you hear the birds singing does it have to have… — 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 Image
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 Image
“The chinese character for "strife" is represented by two women under the same roof.” — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
“Eva was a between-the-lines talker. She left the sayable unsaid and said what she meant without saying it.” — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
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 Image
I think people are looking for an alternative to the fast pace of everyday life and entertainment. — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
