To me, what is important in the theater is that we don't want to make a conclusion. We don't want to make a statement, don't want to say what something is. We want to ask, 'What is it?'
Interpretation
Theater should provoke questions rather than provide answers or conclusions.
Robert Wilson emphasizes that the essence of theater lies in the exploration of questions rather than delivering definitive statements or conclusions. He advocates for a form of artistic expression that encourages the audience to engage with the unknown and consider various interpretations, essentially promoting a reflective and questioning approach to art.
In practice
This quote could be used in a theater workshop to encourage actors to focus on the depth of their characters.
Usually in theater, the visual repeats the verbal. The visual dwindles into decoration. But I think with my eyes. For me, the visual is not an afterthought, not an illustration of the text. If it says the same thing as the words, why look? The visual must be so compelling that a deaf man would sit though the performance fascinated.
I never studied theatre; I learned it by doing it. If I had studied theatre, I would not be making the kind of theatre I am making.
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent.
The difference between noise and music is in what the musician does with the sounds.
I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.
Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.
I love New York. You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail a taxi, head down Fifth Avenue with a giant hellhound loping behind you, and nobody even looks at you funny.
I always tell aspiring documentary filmmakers, 'You have to go into it because you love it; if you go into it for the money, you're an idiot.' The number one prerequisite is you have to be intensely curious. If you love learning and trying to make people figure out what makes people tick, it's the best job in the world.
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