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
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What was very interesting to me about Clementine Hunter's work is that she couldn't read or write, and she has recorded history of the plantation life and the southern part of the U.S. - the cotton harvests, pecan picking, washing clothes, funerals, marriages - in pictures.
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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 an afterthought, not an illustration of the text. If it says the same thing as the words, why look? The visual must be so compelling that a deaf man would sit though the performance fascinated.
theater
To me, what is important in the theater is that we don't want to make a conclusion. We don't want to make a statement, don't want to say what something is. We want to ask, 'What is it?'
art
When we look back at the Mayans or ancient Egypt, we look at their art.
interested
What interested me was dance - the way that it was constructed with time-space constructions, and that it was abstract. I always thought: 'Why couldn't theater be that way? Or an opera?'
call schools
There are schools teaching 'stage decoration' as a subject, and they actually call it that. I say: 'Burn those schools!'
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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 we can sell.
hear mean
If you see the sunset, does it have to mean something? If you hear the birds singing does it have to have a message?
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.
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The reason you work as an artist is to stay open and ask questions.
great life
There hasn't been a great romance in my life.
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There are many other studies, both clinical and non-clinical, that demonstrate homeopathy's efficacy and safety in many disease areas, ... Homeopathy has thrived and survived for over 250 years because of its excellent record of successful use and safety, which will ensure its continued use.