All Robert Wilson Quotes
- I grew up in a town where there were no galleries, no museums, no theaters - a very religious, ultraconservative community. Community
- I always thought of the English landscape as being English gardens. Always Thought
- My tax dollar, which goes to New York State Council on the Arts, is by and large only spent to fund people from the state… Arts
- I think people are looking for an alternative to the fast pace of everyday life and entertainment. Alternative
- The reason you work as an artist is to stay open and ask questions. Artist
- If you see the sunset, does it have to mean something? If you hear the birds singing does it have to have a message? Birds
- I had no idea I was going to have a career in the theater. I did not plan it. Career
- In Europe, unlike the States, they have a cultural policy. Cultural
- I think that opera in Europe is 30 years ahead of America. There is a broader range of material presented to the public. They value… Ahead
- My work has always dealt with a kind of space that allows one to daydream. Allows
- My work is formal, not based on psychology. Based
- One of the few things that will remain of this time is what artists are doing. They are the journal and the diary of our… Artists
- Usually in theater, the visual repeats the verbal. The visual dwindles into decoration. But I think with my eyes. For me, the visual is not… Afterthought
- The first thing you must know as an actor or director is the space you will inhabit. See the architecture; imagine where things can happen… Actor
- Increasingly, I find myself drawn to classic forms - to Euripides, Shakespeare and grand opera. Classic
- If you take a Baroque commode and put a Baroque clock on top of it, maybe it is not so interesting as when you put… Baroque
- Counterpoint is difficult. I have been doing it since the beginning of my career. But it is not just taking any opposite. It is finding… Any
- Light is architectural. It is sculptural. Architectural
- When we look back at the Mayans or ancient Egypt, we look at their art. Ancient
- If we lose our culture, we lose our memory. Culture