As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.

Quote by Laurie Anderson

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I hate zoos.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to...

As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to...

I think women are excellent social critics.

I think women are excellent social critics.

The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole...

The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole...

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the...

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the...

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

The problem with prototypes is they don't always work.

The problem with prototypes is they don't always work.

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a...

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a...

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that...

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that...

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even...

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even...

I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA.

I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA.

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend...

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend...

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find...

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find...