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Robert Wilson
American Director
Born: Oct 4, 1941
Always Me People Think Work You
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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?' Robert Wilson
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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. Robert Wilson
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I want to work with Jay-Z. Robert Wilson
Work Want Jay-Z
One of the few things that will remain of this time is what artists are doing. They are the journal and the diary of our time. Robert Wilson
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I never studied theatre; I learned it by doing it. If I had studied theatre, I would not be making the kind of theatre I am making. Robert Wilson
Theatre Kind Would Never Had Studied Learned Making Am Doing
I don't see much difference between living and working. I think living is a part of my work. People often say, 'How can you work so much?' I don't think about it as work. I think of it as a way to live. Robert Wilson
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If you slow things down, you notice things you hadn't seen before. Robert Wilson
You Slow Seen Before Down Notice Things
The first thing you must know as an actor or director is the space you will inhabit. See the architecture; imagine where things can happen in space. Robert Wilson
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I think that I've always been a kind of structured person. Robert Wilson
Think Kind Structured Always Been Person
I grew up in a town where there were no galleries, no museums, no theaters - a very religious, ultraconservative community. Robert Wilson
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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. Robert Wilson
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I always thought of the English landscape as being English gardens. Robert Wilson
Thought Always Being Landscape English Gardens
The landscape of Texas is in all my work. It's that light; it's that sky. Robert Wilson
Work Light Sky All My Work Texas Landscape
I think people are looking for an alternative to the fast pace of everyday life and entertainment. Robert Wilson
Life Entertainment People Everyday Life Looking Think Everyday Alternative Pace Fast
The reason you work as an artist is to stay open and ask questions. Robert Wilson
Work You Stay Open Questions Artist Ask Reason
Sometimes, when we're very, very still, we're more aware of movement than when we make a lot of movement outwardly. Robert Wilson
Sometimes More Make Still Lot Very Than Movement Aware
My work is formal, not based on psychology. Robert Wilson
Work Formal Psychology Based
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. Robert Wilson
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Actors always start with the voice and language. That's wrong. They should start with the body. The body is an actor's most important resource. Robert Wilson
Language Important Resource Voice Wrong Most Always Should Body Actor Start
Increasingly, I find myself drawn to classic forms - to Euripides, Shakespeare and grand opera. Robert Wilson
Myself Increasingly Drawn Find Classic Shakespeare Opera Grand Forms
Everything in Wagner's work - the music, the acting, the staging - stemmed from the text. Everything served to interpret the text. Robert Wilson
Work Music Everything Stemmed Wagner Text Staging Acting Served Interpret
I did a masterclass at the Juilliard and asked the students, 'Can you stand?' 'Sure.' 'Can you walk?' 'Sure.' They couldn't. They had never really thought about it. Robert Wilson
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If we lose our culture, we lose our memory. Robert Wilson
Memory Culture Lose Our
Most artists don't understand what they do, and I don't think we have to. Other people do that better - they understand what I do better than I do! Robert Wilson
People Better Think Other Most Understand Than Artists
There hasn't been a great romance in my life. Robert Wilson
Life Great My Life Been Romance
My work should be seen as poetry. Robert Wilson
Work Seen Poetry Should
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