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.

Quote by Laurie Anderson

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People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot...

People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot...

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...

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

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

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...

When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When...

When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When...

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...

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...

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.

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...

If there are bases on the moon, that would be the end of the moon...

If there are bases on the moon, that would be the end of the moon...

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told...

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told...

You can do bigger and bigger things. For what?

You can do bigger and bigger things. For what?

I just sort of wish people would dance differently. It reminds me of teenage sex.

I just sort of wish people would dance differently. It reminds me of teenage sex.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

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...

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

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

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

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 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.