Robert Wilson Quotes

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by them.

Everything in life is gray, you know.

To know one thing, you must know the opposite.

Every side of a coin has another side.

If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.

When you get up, the night and day is a contradiction. But you get up at 4 A.M. That first blush of blue is where the night and day are trying to find harmony with each other. Harmony is the notes that Mozart didn't give you, but somehow the contradiction of his notes suggest that. All contradictions of his notes suggest the harmony.

So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level.

Two seemingly incompatible conceptions can each represent an aspect of the truth ... They may serve in turn to represent the facts without ever entering into direct conflict.

Even a sheet of paper has two sides.

For everything that you find dreadful, there's usually something that is rather marvelous as well.

If I've made something really serene... well, if everything is like that, it's like having too much icing on your cake. You need something else under it, some kind of grounding. It's like if you're making a film, you can't have only happy moments, or else they become meaningless.

There's light and dark in all things, you know?

Life really is a series of contrasts.

Light matters should be dealt with seriously. Serious matters should be dealt with lightly.

I believe in rainbows and all of that. But there are darker colors … and it's the shade that defines the light.

I am not only convinced that what I say is false, but also that what one might say against it is false. Despite this, one must begin to talk about it. In such a case the truth lies not in the middle, but rather all around, like a sack, which, with each new opinion one stuffs into it, changes its form, and becomes more and more firm.

Because you don't notice the light without a bit of shadow. Everything has both dark and light. You have to play with it till you get it exactly right.

A master sees the bad in the good, and the good in the bad.

I think the best-written films or television series have a measure of the opposite of what they are.

The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true.

Sometimes it is easier to see the light when you stand partly in the darkness.

The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.

The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa.