Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
An American author, philosopher, psychologist, and essayist, he co-authored The Illuminatus! Trilogy with Robert Shea. His other popular works include Schrodinger's Cat (a novel) and Wilhelm Reich in Hell (a play).
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 January 1932
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
fast life theater
My theater is slow and calm, yet my life is fast and hectic, going in all directions.
work
My work has always dealt with a kind of space that allows one to daydream.
notice seen slow
If you slow things down, you notice things you hadn't seen before.
family interested life met summer vacation visited
When I was 12 years old, I went to Natchitoches, La.; it was summer vacation with my family. We visited a plantation, Melrose. And I met an Afro-American woman who was a painter. I already had some idea of what I wanted to do in life, and one of the things that interested me was painting.
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. . . there are periods of history when the visions of madmen and dope fiends are a better guide to reality than the common-sense interpretation of data available to the so-called normal mind. This is one such period, if you haven't noticed already.
guess love people work
Yes, I've been in love, but I guess I'm too involved with myself and my work. I think I'm in love with my work, and I'm in love with the people I work with.
fast life pace people
I think people are looking for an alternative to the fast pace of everyday life and entertainment.
broader material opera presented range
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 contemporary opera.
I think that I've always been a kind of structured person.
method sit work
My method is much like choreography. I don't sit at a table. I work in a room with people.
alone
I say I like to be alone, yet I am always surrounded by people.
nature work
I think it's just my nature. I can't work on one thing. I have to work on many things.
If we lose our culture, we lose our memory.
I always thought of the English landscape as being English gardens.