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Laurie Anderson

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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.


— Laurie Anderson


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I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be an artist - I'm happy to see the work.


— Laurie Anderson


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I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA.


— Laurie Anderson


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I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen.


— Laurie Anderson


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I'm a real workaholic.


— Laurie Anderson


#real #workaholic

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring.


— Laurie Anderson


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I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.


— Laurie Anderson


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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


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It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such a wild variety of crazy reasons.


— Laurie Anderson


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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


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The PSAs were frequently shown between music videos on VH-1 in early 1990. In May/June 2010 Anderson curated the Vivid Sydney festival in Sydney Australia together with Lou Reed. Films
Dearreader: How to Turn a Book Into a Movie - 1974
System ohne Schatten/Closed Circuit - 1983
Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson - 1986
What You Mean We? - 1987
Hotel Deutschland - 1992
The Rugrats Movie - 1998 (provided character voice)
Life on a String - 2002
Hidden Inside Mountains - 2006


Television
Saturday Night Live - musical guest 1986 [1]
Alive from Off Center - host 1987


Audiobooks
The Path to Tranquility by His Holiness the Dalai Lama - co-narrator 1999
The Body Artist by Don DeLillo - sole narrator 2001


Bibliography
United States (HarperCollins 1984) ISBN 0-06-091110-7
Stories from the Nerve Bible: A Twenty-Year Retrospective (HarperCollins 1994) ISBN 0-06-055355-3
Dal Vivo (Fondazione Prada 1999) ISBN 88-87029-10-5
Night Life (Edition 7L 2007) ISBN 3-86521-339-1.

Initially trained as a sculptor Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film Home of the Brave. Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born June 5 1947) is an American experimental performance artist composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles.

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