I never studied theatre; I learned it by doing it. If I had studied theatre, I would not be making the kind of theatre I am making.
Interpretation
Experience is a better teacher than traditional study.
Robert Wilson emphasizes the importance of practical experience over formal education in the realm of theatre. He suggests that actively engaging in the art form has led him to create unique works that might not have emerged from a conventional studying approach, highlighting the value of experiential learning in creative fields.
In practice
In an artist's talk about their creative process.
Usually in theater, the visual repeats the verbal. The visual dwindles into decoration. But I think with my eyes. For me, the visual is not an afterthought, not an illustration of the text. If it says the same thing as the words, why look? The visual must be so compelling that a deaf man would sit though the performance fascinated.
To me, what is important in the theater is that we don't want to make a conclusion. We don't want to make a statement, don't want to say what something is. We want to ask, 'What is it?'
When things go wrong, this is what you should do. Make good art.
I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was, never will be - in a light better than any light that ever shone - in a land no one can define, or remember, only desire
I think that's why I put my energy into making music. That's how I get my thoughts out, instead of being crazy all the time.
You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.
I started dancing almost before I could walk.
Neurologically, I'm a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I'm sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place.
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