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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Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. I'm mad but not ill.
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I never thought about the relationship of my mother, my family, to the content of my work.
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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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My tax dollar, which goes to New York State Council on the Arts, is by and large only spent to fund people from the state of New York! And you want to be the cultural capital of the world?
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I grew up in a town where there were no galleries, no museums, no theaters - a very religious, ultraconservative community.
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On local issues, it is extremely important to run as an independent so that you can do what is right for the city rather than following a political agenda,
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I say I like to be alone, yet I am always surrounded by people.
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I got into paying attention to cities and when I moved downtown I would go into stores that were more mom and pop, so I would get to meet the people and talk to them, ... A lot of them pushed me and said I should run for council. Also, a lot of my old bosses said I should get into politics because I seem like a person who would care enough to do what is right.
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The reason you work as an artist is to stay open and ask questions.
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You just have no idea what it was like trying to get out of there,
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We have had an excellent response to our early recruitment activities which have attracted a wide selection of Macclesfield Town supporters from near and far. Although the majority of members come from Macclesfield itself, we have members from as far afield as London and Southampton. And we even have some international members from Norway, Denmark and Australia.
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A cat is only technically an animal, being divine.
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There are travelers who fear to own delicate hands more than to meet a lion, and soldiers who would rather lose a limb than gain a beautiful nose by artificial methods.
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It is doubtful if even experience of riches and success is as intense among those who have experienced nothing else as among those who have also experienced poverty and failure. There is little romance in wealth to those who have been born wealthy and whose families have been wealthy for generations.