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
course mad mean
Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. I'm mad but not ill.
available data dope guide history madmen normal noticed periods reality visions
. . . 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.
happy recognized study
The study has to be done. I'm happy to see (DOT) has come around and they've recognized that this is something that should be on the table.
rehearsal start work
I start any work the same way. I start a rehearsal with silence.
interpret music served staging work
Everything in Wagner's work - the music, the acting, the staging - stemmed from the text. Everything served to interpret the text.
variations
I've always thought abstractly - through theme and variations rather than narrative.
attracted music patterns
I've always been attracted to classic patterns in architecture, music and drama.
I usually stay in on Sunday nights. I'm not much of a party person.
founder invited money paying ridiculous speak
Some years ago, I was invited to speak in Houston, Texas. They said I was a founder of 'postmodern theatre'. So I said to my office, 'This is ridiculous for me to go and speak about postmodern theatre when I don't know what it means, but... they're paying me a lot of money, so I'll go.'
Sometimes, when we're very, very still, we're more aware of movement than when we make a lot of movement outwardly.
beginning finding since taking
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 the right opposite.
fast life pace people
I think people are looking for an alternative to the fast pace of everyday life and entertainment.
trying
You just have no idea what it was like trying to get out of there,
close full
We get pretty close to full each night.