Laurie Anderson quotes

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better. (Laurie Anderson)
When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi, Mom! View quote
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The world is a strange and wonderful place. View quote
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My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said. View quote
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I'm not usually where I think I am. It's kind of spooky. View quote
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People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot of personal despair as they wonder what are they working for. View quote
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Here come the planes. They're American planes. Made in America. Smoking or non-smoking? View quote
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Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories. View quote
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When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When you meet a woman who's broken, put her all into your arms. Cause we don't know where we come from ... we don't know where we are. View quote
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As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true. View quote
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Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives. (Laurie Anderson)
People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get to the end of the word. There's just regret. View quote
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You can do great things with low-tech stuff. View quote
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And you know the reason I really love the stars is that we cannot hurt them. We can't burn them or melt them or make them overflow. We can't flood them or blow them up or turn them out. But we are reaching for them. We are reaching for them. View quote
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Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words. View quote
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A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of electronic equipment to say that. View quote
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I think women are excellent social critics. View quote
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It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever? View quote
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My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people. View quote
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I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen. View quote
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I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring. (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. View quote
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I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about, that are so graphic and visual. View quote
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A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production. View quote
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The fewer expectations you have, the better. View quote
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