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Laurie Anderson quotes about words

American Musician June 5, 1947

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Laurie Anderson quote: "A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and..."
A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire. Laurie Anderson
Every book is an alchemical creation, and I'm thinking back to 1857 when Herman Melville arrived in Greece and saw the Parthenon for the first time sitting there like a great beached whale, its big white bones exposed to the winds. But how can this happen? How can a whale turn into a building? Or into a book? In what way can words be alive? Laurie Anderson
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
I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for children. It was called "The Package", and it was a mystery story in pictures. It had no words. 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. Laurie Anderson

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