I'm not usually where I think I am. It's kind of spooky. Laurie Anderson More Quotes by Laurie Anderson More Quotes From Laurie Anderson The world is a strange and wonderful place. Laurie Anderson strangewonderworld The problem with prototypes is they don't always work. Laurie Anderson prototypeproblem Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories. Laurie Anderson campfiretechnologystories Art is about paying attention. Laurie Anderson pay-attentionattentionart Technology today is the campfire around which we tell our stories. There's this attraction to light and to this kind of power, which is both warm and destructive. We're especially drawn to the power. Many of the images of technology are about making us more powerful, extending what we can do. Unfortunately, 95 percent of this is hype, because I think we're powerful without it. Laurie Anderson technologypowerfulthinking History is an angel being blown backwards into the future Laurie Anderson backwardsangel When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When you meet a woman who’s broken, put her all into your arms. Cause we don’t know where we come from … we don’t know where we are. Laurie Anderson where-we-comewomenbroken 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 regretendspeople I believe that the purpose of death is the release of love. Laurie Anderson i-believepurposebelieve If I'm confused, I just spend some time looking at the sky and falling into it. It's not a meditation that anyone taught me, it's something I've done my whole life, and liked doing, and it made me feel like nothing. Laurie Anderson confusedskyfall Dogs don't just like us, they love us, and they admire us. The big reason they admire us is we invented cars. They're like, "Yes, we get to go somewhere!" Go somewhere faster, with their head out the window, and their ears, like, "Yes! Yes!" Laurie Anderson cardogears 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 ifsviewsthinking Last night, I had that dream again. I dreamt I had to take a test, in a Dairy Queen, on another planet. Laurie Anderson queensdreamnight You know the reason I love the stars is because we can't hurt them: we can't burn them, we can't melt them , we can't make them overflow, we can't flood them or burn them up—so we keep reacing for them Laurie Anderson starshurtreason If you're a young artist, wondering what to call yourself, consider 'multimedia artist.' It's so vague. Then, no one can say, 'Hey, how come you're a jazz person, and you're making a pop opera? Laurie Anderson operaheyartist Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives. Laurie Anderson learninginspirationalbook I know a lot of people who have weird specialties that are not taught in schools; they're things that you learn in life. Laurie Anderson taughtpeopleschool 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 kindjoyart As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true. Laurie Anderson artisticartistbeautiful Don't be afraid of anyone. Imagine your life if you're not afraid of anyone. Laurie Anderson not-afraidimagineifs
