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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You just have no idea what it was like trying to get out of there,
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In my theater, I'm not trying to change the world.
We're so afraid to lose the audience. Let the audience go.
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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.
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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.
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My method is much like choreography. I don't sit at a table. I work in a room with people.
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I think people are looking for an alternative to the fast pace of everyday life and entertainment.
I think that I've always been a kind of structured person.
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I say I like to be alone, yet I am always surrounded by people.
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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.
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When you're playing King Lear, you have to have a little humour, or you will have no tragedy when the king dies.
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We get pretty close to full each night.