Improvisation is the expression of the accumulated yearnings, dreams, and wisdom of the soul. — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
I learned at a very young age that music teaches you about life. When you're in the midst of improvisation, there is… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
Improvisation is an important part of bluegrass, and I would hasten to add that classical music wasn't always such an improvisational void.… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
There are a lot of visual marks that have to be hit, and lines that need to be said in a right… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
You will find hardly any improvising on camera anywhere in my films. It's very structured, but it's all worked out from elaborate… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
Improvisation was the blood and bone of jazz, and in the classic, New Orleans jazz it was collective improvisation in which each… — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
During improvisations, I'll hear people bringing back up details from something I heard about at breakfast or something somebody was saying that… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
Improvisation and new learning are not private processes; they are shared with others at every age. We are called to join in… — Mary Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
I started improvisation at age nine, and I loved it so much I stuck with it. As a by-product, acting was just… — Cassie Steele Copy Share Image
If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
My game is based on improvisation. Often a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second,… — Ronaldinho Copy Share Image
In 1968 I ran into Steve Lacy on the street in Rome. I took out my pocket tape recorder and asked him… — Frederic Rzewski Copy Share Image
Life is improvisation. All of those [improv] classes were like church to me. The training had seeped into me and changed who… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Improvisation in general is good, and improvising material into themes, turning the material into something codified and repeatable, taught me scenic structure… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I was about 14 when I started with a theater group; it was like a stage group on the weekends alongside school.… — Imogen Poots Copy Share Image
I honestly would tell anyone young to start looking at stories and learning story, because I think that’s the next step after… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
I think the films and the paintings erase each other. The paintings are extremely slow and constantly going on in the studio… — Sarah Morris Copy Share Image
It was amazing how much their [Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Shauna Robertson] process seemed familiar to me, translating that into the work… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
Improvisation is about finding the best joke or the silliest way to get something across. Improvising conflict is always fun because you… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
I would make a huge distinction between theater improvisation and film improvisation. There isn't much improvisation in film - there's virtually none.… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I may be prejudiced, but I believe that jazz music has the strongest healing potential, and it's not just because I play… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
Sometimes you write passages that don't need to be rewritten. Performance is that for me. Improvisation, things that happen in the moment,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I've always been a spontaneous singer. And all the stuff that you hear on the end of the songs, what they call… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image