Counterpoint is difficult. I have been doing it since the beginning of my career. But it is not just taking any opposite. It is finding the right opposite. Robert Wilson begincareercounterpoint Change image and share on social
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?' Robert Wilson abstractconstructconstruction Change image and share on social
One of the few things that will remain of this time is what artists are doing. They are the journal and the diary of our time. Robert Wilson artistdiaryjournal Change image and share on social
The French, not the Americans, commissioned 'Einstein on the Beach.' Robert Wilson americanbeachcommission Change image and share on social
I think that opera in Europe is 30 years ahead of America. There is a broader range of material presented to the public. They value contemporary opera. Robert Wilson aheadamericabroad Change image and share on social
Sometimes, when we're very, very still, we're more aware of movement than when we make a lot of movement outwardly. Robert Wilson awarelotmake Change image and share on social
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? Robert Wilson artcapitalcouncil Change image and share on social
The first year I was in New York, I met Martha Graham. She said, 'Well, Mr. Wilson, what do you want to do in life?' I was 21 years old, and I said, 'I have no idea.' And she said, 'If you work long enough and hard enough, you'll find something.' Robert Wilson findgrahamhard share on social
If you take a Baroque commode and put a Baroque clock on top of it, maybe it is not so interesting as when you put a computer on top of it. Then you see both items in a new way. Robert Wilson baroqueclockcommode Change image and share on social
