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
grew theaters town
I grew up in a town where there were no galleries, no museums, no theaters - a very religious, ultraconservative community.
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?'
fast life theater
My theater is slow and calm, yet my life is fast and hectic, going in all directions.
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,