Improvisation is a compositional method.

You cant be controlling in improv.

— Matt Walsh

'Sicario' was a lot of improvisation.

— Daniel Kaluuya

Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body's breath, and the strings' wails and moans are…

— Anais Nin

The biggest thing that comes out of improv that gets built on is just character traits. You know, for me the singing was born…

— Ed Helms

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

— Christian Marclay

When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want it to…

— Rob Reiner

Maybe it's just my improv and sketch background, but I'm a lot more comfortable in a group. I like sharing focus and populating an…

— Jason Mantzoukas

Volleyball is one of the most interactive games going. It is a game of intuition, imagination, improvisation - but most of all, of reciprocity…

— Marv Dunphy

Improvisation is intuition in action, a way to discover the muse and learn to respond to her call.

— Stephen Nachmanovitch

When you're at a concert and you hear someone improvise well, that's special; it puts you in the moment and takes you someplace. To…

— John Popper

It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation.

— Don King

With the exceptional talent that is Guy Sigsworth as producer and collaborator, we have recorded a collection of original songs that sees me moving…

— Alison Moyet

Improvisation, it is a mystery. You can write a book about it, but by the end no one still knows what it is. When…

— Stephane Grappelli

So that's the challenge, you have a big technical aspect of what you're doing whilst you're creatively trying to improvise.

— Brian Henson

I love improvisation.

— Nora Dunn