Robert Wilson

Director
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Quotes about Robert Wilson

  1. October 15, 2009

    Wikipedia

    Arthur Holmberg, Professor of Theatre at Brandeis University, says that "In theatre, no one has dramatized the crisis of language with as much ferocious genius as Robert Wilson" (Holmberg 41).

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  2. March 06, 2008

    Christian Science Monitor

    Museum director Howard Collinson says that Wilson's VOOM work is an "amalgam of theatre and the visual arts, and that's what makes his work unique. Each piece can be seen as a small production."

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Quotes by Robert Wilson

  1. October 15, 2009

    Wikipedia

    When in the text/movement stage, Wilson often interrupts the rehearsal, saying things like "Something is wrong. We have to check your scripts to see if you put the numbers in the right place"

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  2. October 15, 2009

    Wikipedia

    Wilson recalls that "she complained that if I didn't give her any movements, no one would notice her. I told her if she knew how to stand, everyone would watch her. I told her to stand like a marble statue of a goddess who had been standing in the same spot for a thousand years"

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  3. March 06, 2008

    Christian Science Monitor

    "Ready or not, here I come." "The reason I work as an artist is to ask questions," Wilson says.

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  4. March 06, 2008

    Christian Science Monitor

    "Sometimes, when we're very, very still, we're more aware of movement than when we make a lot of movement outwardly," Wilson says. "So these portraits are exploring this inner movement. It's about a way of listening inside."

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