32 Quotes by Meredith Monk

As artists, I think that one of the good qualities we have is that we’re imaginative. We’re resourceful. We like challenges.

Sometimes in the past when I was going to perform a piece again I would listen to old recordings and try to reproduce the material. This time I realized that carrying around old information, trying to get everything in, and still be in the moment just doesn’t work.

Images are... musical. The way they are put together are musical.

I think about that 'empty' space a lot. That emptiness is what allows for something to actually evolve in a natural way. I've had to learn that over the years - because one of the traps of being an artist is to always want to be creating, always wanting to produce.

I've never had an empty house. Ever.