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Explore more quotes by Laurie Anderson

"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."

"I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral."

"At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in Net art, which is really a fantastic way of thinking of theater in new ways."

"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."

"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."

"The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole studio onto the stage."

"Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's a very 19th-century way of thinking about art, because it assumes that it should make our lives better or teach us something."

"My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said."
Exlpore more Paradise quotes

"I went to the Paradise Restaurant on 49th Street and Broadway which was where they were playing, and I sat in."

"Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none."

"An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise."
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