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 AndersonAt 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.
Laurie AndersonYou 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 AndersonIt's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such a wild variety of crazy reasons.
Laurie AndersonLife goes by so fast. It's really - and a lot of times things happen so fast you don't know - how should I react.
Laurie AndersonTechnology 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