“There are plenty of ways you can play the game of fighting and really seem to be fighting without going for the jugular.” WayPlaySeemsFightingGamesPlenty Author:Laurie Anderson
“At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in Net art, which is really a fantastic way of thinking of theater in new ways.” ThinkingWayInspirationalArtSchoolFunnyNew YorkDegreesTheaterFantasticVisualsNew WaysGraduationWay Of ThinkingVisual Art Author:Laurie Anderson
“. . . I wrote a letter to Thomas Pynchon asking, Can I have your permission to try to make an [adaptation] of your book? And I had no idea that he would answer me, because he's pretty elusive. But he did send a letter back that said, Yes, you can do that - as long as the only instrument in the opera is a banjo. I thought, That's an interesting way of saying No.” WayTryingLongSaidBookIdeasCan DoAnswersInterestingLettersAskingInstrumentsCraftsNo IdeaOperaPermissionAdaptationElusiveSaying NoBanjosInteresting WaysYes You Can Author:Laurie Anderson
“Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's a very 19th-century way of thinking about art, because it assumes that it should make our lives better or teach us something.” ThinkingWayWantShouldMeanDoeArtTeachOur LivesCenturyArt IsAssumingWay Of Thinking19th Century Author:Laurie Anderson
