You can always tell in a movie when they are setting you up for something. If someone leaves an important object on the table and walks away, the camera will have some way of indicating that to you. Bill Viola cameraimportantindicate Change image and share on social
I think we're in an age where artists really have an incredible range of materials at their command now. They can use almost anything from household items - Jackson Pollock used house paint - to, you know, advanced computer systems, to good old oil paint and acrylic paint. Bill Viola acrylicadvanceage share on social
You are just as qualified as any expert to make a judgment and have a feeling or a response to any work of art. Bill Viola artexpertfelt Change image and share on social
I would prefer to be forgotten, then rediscovered in a different age. Bill Viola ageforgetprefer Change image and share on social
In the mid- to late '60s to the mid-'70s, when I was a student, there was a major change in the thinking about what art can be and how art is made. Bill Viola 60s70sart Change image and share on social
In the 1970s, a lot of critics didn't understand video. I got a lot of bad reviews. But film-makers didn't understand what we were doing, either. There were actual fistfights between film-makers and video-makers. I was witness to one. Bill Viola 1970sactualbad share on social
My works really begin in a very simple way. Sometimes it's an image, and sometimes it's words I might write, like a fragment of a poem. Bill Viola beginfragmentimage Change image and share on social
When you're making video, you're giving structure to time, which is what a composer does. Bill Viola composergivemake Change image and share on social
A doctor once told me that with crying you aren't sure what its derivation is. If someone comes at you with a knife, you don't cry: you scream, you try to run. When it's over and you're OK, that's when you cry. Bill Viola cryderivationdoctor share on social
I cry a lot. Usually once a day. I think it's one of the most profound forms of human expression. Bill Viola crydayexpression Change image and share on social
