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
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?'
art
When we look back at the Mayans or ancient Egypt, we look at their art.
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.
interested
What interested me was dance - the way that it was constructed with time-space constructions, and that it was abstract. I always thought: 'Why couldn't theater be that way? Or an opera?'
call schools
There are schools teaching 'stage decoration' as a subject, and they actually call it that. I say: 'Burn those schools!'
art giving leadership measure private products sector society value
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.
hear mean
If you see the sunset, does it have to mean something? If you hear the birds singing does it have to have a message?
fast life theater
My theater is slow and calm, yet my life is fast and hectic, going in all directions.
work
My work has always dealt with a kind of space that allows one to daydream.
notice seen slow
If you slow things down, you notice things you hadn't seen before.
capital council cultural fund goes large people spent state york
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?
course mad mean
Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. I'm mad but not ill.
city extremely following local political rather run
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,
rehearsal start work
I start any work the same way. I start a rehearsal with silence.