The immediacy of improvisation is intoxicating, but there's an intimacy that you get that's very different when you're doing drama. — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
Improvisation is intuition in action, a way to discover the muse and learn to respond to her call. — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
Perfect retention. I dont think I could do that-Ive never disciplined myself to do it.I suppose a lot of it is a… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
The shortest feedback loop I can think of is doing improvisation in front of an audience. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
The most unendurable thing, to be sure, the really terrible thing, would be a life without habits, a life which continually required… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
General improvisations often give actors an insight beyond their words by helping them to 'see the word' and achieve a reality for… — Viola Spolin Copy Share Image
I know all about improvisation and the free-form that mirrors the chaos of our time, but I do like to feel that… — Jean Kerr Copy Share Image
I'm not a standup. I didn't start off as a writer, I learned to write through improvisation, and so that's the part… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
But no one, when you stop to think, has ever equated abstract expressionism as a movement with jazz music. It's based on… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
Most of the parts are really gone over and over and over again with Tool. It's a very composed situation. We spend… — Danny Carey Copy Share Image
You've got to remember that improvisers are writers and actors and directors all simultaneously. That's what's happening in real time because you're… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
The best thing about improv is that no matter how bad your show is, it's only 30 minutes, and never exists again.… — Mick Napier Copy Share Image
In improvisation, there is only one time. This is what computer people call real time. The time of inspiration, the time of… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
All of the material for 'The Fine Line' was created via improvisation with my partner, but not in front of an audience.… — Douglas Wood Copy Share Image
Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier… — Evan Parker Copy Share Image
Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone-beginners, children, and non-musicians. The… — Derek Bailey Copy Share Image
With the exceptional talent that is Guy Sigsworth as producer and collaborator, we have recorded a collection of original songs that sees… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. — David Antin Copy Share Image
I guess, yeah. I've always loved improv. It's my thing. I really like it, but I also think it has to be… — Oscar Nunez Copy Share Image
If you do improvising, it can sometimes end up being a waste of time. And if you do that, it's more or… — Giovanni Ribisi Copy Share Image
Sometimes some of the best moments are contributed by the actors being creative, with their own improvisations. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The biggest thing that comes out of improv that gets built on is just character traits. You know, for me the singing… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I did work with coach. I went to this place called Actors Space in the Valley. I was… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Really, improv is all about creating for what's around you, in the moment, so it fits in a way that you can't… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
When I came to Chicago, I didn't even know what improvisation meant, as far as pertaining to comedy. I knew about Second… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
In improvising, you've got your scale; you've got the notes that are going to sound good with other notes, the intervals that… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I want to be an improviser, and I've worked very hard at that. It's an art. You don't just play whatever comes… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
A lot of people inspire me. I'm a huge movie buff. From studying and watching movies, over and over again, directly influential… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
I am not a fan of improvisation, because it bores me. Working off a tight scenario gives you the confidence and ability… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion — you keep going forward,… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
I love improv so much. Listening. I think that's the key. When you improvise, you put a lot of pressure on yourself… — Rob Riggle Copy Share Image
Improv relies just as much on listening as it does you delivering dialogue. That's the hard for some people. Some people just… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
We started off in improv and sketch comedy, and with improv the most important thing is to listen and make sure you're… — Sal Vulcano Copy Share Image
I tell absolutely everybody: you must take an improv class. You have to be able to think on your feet. You have… — Ryan Serhant Copy Share Image
Mozart combines serenity, melancholy, and tragic intensity into one great lyric improvisation. Over it all hovers the greater spirit that is Mozart's… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
I love improvisation. I mean, it's hard to edit, because things don't necessarily fall together - you have to find ways to… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
