--- title: "3 Yvonne Rainer Quotes - Famous Film director (Films of Yvonne Rainer)" description: "Yvonne Rainer is an American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, whose work in these disciplines is regarded as challenging and experimental. Her work..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-yvonne-rainer-88413.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Yvonne Rainer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-yvonne-rainer-88413.jpg) # Yvonne Rainer (1934) Film Director United States **3** quotes in **37** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Yvonne Rainer is a film director from the United States, best known for *Films of Yvonne Rainer*. ## Quick Facts About Yvonne Rainer Born November 24, 1934 Nationality United States Profession Film Director Notable works Films of Yvonne Rainer ## About Yvonne Rainer Yvonne Rainer is an American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, whose work in these disciplines is regarded as challenging and experimental. Her work is sometimes classified as minimalist art. Rainer currently lives and works in New York. ## Awards & Honors Guggenheim Fellowship MacArthur Fellows Program Courage Award for the Arts Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award Maya Deren Award Anonymous Was A Woman Award ## Quotes by Yvonne Rainer > [I always like to cite John Cage's mantra, "If you can stand it for two-minutes, try it for four." In fact, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-rainer/i-always-like-to-cite-john-cage-s-mantra-if-you-can-stand-it-for-two/) [Yvonne Rainer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-rainer/) [Changed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/changed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/yvonne-rainer-88413_changed_i-always-like-to-cite-john-cage-s-mantra_1035192.jpg) > [No to spectacle no to virtuosity no to transformations and magic and make believe no to glamour and transcendency of the star…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-rainer/no-to-spectacle-no-to-virtuosity-no-to-transformations-and-magic-and/) [Yvonne Rainer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-rainer/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/yvonne-rainer-88413_believe_no-to-spectacle-no-to-virtuosity-no-to-t_1731235.png) > [I should say that feminism gave me permission to deal with my own emotional life and put it up front in certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-rainer/i-should-say-that-feminism-gave-me-permission-to-deal-with-my-own/) [Yvonne Rainer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-rainer/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/yvonne-rainer-88413_cinema_i-should-say-that-feminism-gave-me-permi_2489995.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-rainer/#itemlist", "name": "Yvonne Rainer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always like to cite John Cage's mantra, \"If you can stand it for two-minutes, try it for four.\" In fact, when I look at some of those early films of mine, I think, \"Oh my God. 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Lives of Performers was the beginning of that kind of investigation. But also, the film was influenced by the aesthetics and structures of experimental film as that was taking place at the same time. 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