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.

Quote by Laurie Anderson

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I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for...

I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for...

I'm not usually where I think I am. It's kind of spooky.

I'm not usually where I think I am. It's kind of spooky.

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...

My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people.

My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people.

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....

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such...

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such...

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be...

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be...

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...

It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to...

It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to...

I hate zoos.

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less...

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less...

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work...

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work...

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.

You can do bigger and bigger things. For what?

You can do bigger and bigger things. For what?

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third...

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third...

I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind...

I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind...

I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.

I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.

Why do you have to translate and decode things? Just let the image be. It...

Why do you have to translate and decode things? Just let the image be. It...

My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come...

My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come...

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.