“First of all I think of puppets as sculpture. They are sculpture that moves. You could label it any way you want, but for me it always starts in my mind as a sculpture.” ThinkingWayWantMindFirstsMovingLabelsSculpturePuppets Author:Wayne White
“I become exaggerated, and loud, and obnoxious, and full of the spirit of improvisation. That's one of the weird things about performing, I think that any performer will say the same thing when you're on stage in front of a crowd there's a certain moment when you kind of click into a trance-like state and you just kind of go with it. I love getting into that mode. It's transcendental.” ThinkingKindStatesMomentsSpiritCertainStageFrontsCrowdsLoudPerformingPerformersImprovisationClicksExaggeratedTranscendentalWeird ThingsObnoxiousTrance Author:Wayne White
“I wanted to deconstruct the puppet show. I wanted to turn it inside out and do stuff that you're not supposed to do. I didn't want it to be gentle like most puppet shows tend to be, since they come from childhood where you're gently trying to tell a story. I wanted to blast all that out of the water. I think there's plenty of room of any kind of attitude toward puppets. I call puppeteering acting while hiding.” ThinkingWantTryingKindStoriesShowsWantedTurnsStuffWaterRoomsActingAttitudeChildhoodPlentyGentleHidingBlastPuppetsPuppet Shows Author:Wayne White
“I would advise puppeteering for any artist. It's a way to break down pretensions. It's a sculpture that can talk. It's a painting that can talk. And it's pure play. I think every artist needs to stay in touch with the idea of playing. The artist should always be playing, always. All art is performance.” ThinkingWayNeedsShouldArtIdeasPlayArtistBreakPaintingPureArt IsPerformancesBreaking DownSculptureAdvisePretension Author:Wayne White
“I had to learn to do stuff only for myself, and stop thinking about pleasing some imaginary client or boss. It's a habit that many artists get into that have worked in commercial ventures.” ThinkingArtistStuffHabitBossImaginaryClientsVenture Author:Wayne White
“Follow your heart, and your pleasure in art. Don’t do what you think is going to be making you money, or what you’re parents want you to do, or what that beautiful girl or guy thinks you should be doing. Do what you love. It’s going to lead to where you want to go. Go out there and make the world more beautiful. I know you can.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantShouldHeartArtBeautifulGuyGirlParentPleasureFollow Your HeartWhat You LoveBeautiful Girl Author:Wayne White
“But I think frustration is hilarious. One of my missions is to bring humor into fine art. It's sacred.” ThinkingArtFineSacredMissionsFrustrationFine Arts Author:Wayne White
