Author: Laurie Anderson

Quotes

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.

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.

- Laurie Anderson

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

- Laurie Anderson

My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come up with big shows. Every fashion company is doing that, every car company is doing that.

My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come up with big shows. Every fashion company is doing that, every car company is doing that.

- Laurie Anderson

It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever?

It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever?

- Laurie Anderson

I think women are excellent social critics.

I think women are excellent social critics.

- Laurie Anderson

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

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

- 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!

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!

- Laurie Anderson

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such a wild variety of crazy reasons.

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such a wild variety of crazy reasons.

- Laurie Anderson

Something that has so much power must have life. Instruments have life.

Something that has so much power must have life. Instruments have life.

- Laurie Anderson

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