American - Director | October 4, 1941 -
If you see the sunset, does it have to mean something? If you hear the birds singing does it have to have a message?
Robert Wilson
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There are schools teaching 'stage decoration' as a subject, and they actually call it that. I say: 'Burn those schools!'
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Chairs are like sculpture.
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Light is architectural. It is sculptural.
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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?'
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I think by drawing, so I'll draw or diagram everything from a piece of furniture to a stage gesture. I understand things best when they're in graphics, not words.
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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.
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When we look back at the Mayans or ancient Egypt, we look at their art.
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The landscape of Texas is in all my work. It's that light; it's that sky.
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I think mystery... allows us time to dream.
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My theater is slow and calm, yet my life is fast and hectic, going in all directions.
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I've always been attracted to classic patterns in architecture, music and drama.
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