Painting is the frozen evidence of a performance.

A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle…

— Chuck Close

A dance performance is rather like going out into a battlefield. You have to hold the attention of as many as five to 10,000…

— Yamini Krishnamurthy

Whenever I do a performance I always hope it is the best day of my life. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

— Hiromi

All good performance starts with clear goals.

— Ken Blanchard

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

— David Copperfield

How much we like ourselves governs our performance.

— Brian Tracy

I know what I want, and I know what needs to be done to make my performance better. So I do these little askings,…

— Anna Netrebko

Rapturous and full bodied performance.

— Deborah Jowitt

There is no better education than rap battling in terms of performance. It makes you fearless.

— Doc Brown

The most important thing about Jazz at Lincoln Center is the fact that it's the first time that perhaps the most important art form…

— Rafael Vinoly

Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper that I might not be able…

— Lawrence Wright

In acting, you are fulfilled if you give justice to your role... if you are able to do a credible performance and touch the…

— Timothy Hutton

Performance capture is a tool that young actors will need in the next 10, 20 years. It's on the increase, as you say. It's…

— Andy Serkis

I am always really buzzed after each performance, and at around one in the morning, Ill hit a brick wall and need to sleep.

— Hattie Morahan

The best thing about the term 'performance artist' is that it includes just about everything you might want to do.

— Laurie Anderson