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My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.
Laurie Anderson
Dream
The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole studio onto the stage.
Laurie Anderson
Performance
Something that has so much power must have life. Instruments have life.
Laurie Anderson
Life
Power
It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such a wild variety of crazy reasons.
Laurie Anderson
Work
Variety
My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people.
Laurie Anderson
People
Decision
Job
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
Car
Work
Company
Fashion
Questions
Trying
One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big multimedia show.
Laurie Anderson
World
Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.
Laurie Anderson
Paradise
Now
Right
People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot of personal despair as they wonder what are they working for.
Laurie Anderson
People
Corporate
Despair
Suffering
Wonder
People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get to the end of the word. There's just regret.
Laurie Anderson
People
Beginning
End
Regret
Word
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
Art
Performance
Joy
Words