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
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
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
I think that if you're improvising on TV, it's a great way to help the dialogue between actors and writers. — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
The shortest feedback loop I can think of is doing improvisation in front of an audience. — Demetri Martin 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
When I was coming up the DC Improv was considered the best Improv out there. It's always been high quality stuff coming… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
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
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
In an improv group and a successful work team, the members play off one another, each person's contributions providing the spark for… — R. Keith Sawyer Copy Share Image
The first rule of improv is 'Never say no.' Use it when co-writing. To co-write, you need to be willing to be… — Chuck Cannon Copy Share Image
I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I never know what it's going to look like. Wouldn't be much point in painting if I already knew the outcome. I… — Peter Wright Copy Share Image
I feel like my own background in improv and doing documentaries makes me really comfortable with a situation where you're letting things… — Seth Gordon Copy Share Image
If you've ever been to a great clown show, there's always a moment where the clown goes into the house and fuses… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
The reality for me is simple. When music is written, it is usually categorized as classical. When it is improvised, it can… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I have a variety of ways that I make music, but I'm working with the Thingamajigs in a particular way, which is:… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
You have to study composition to understand that things can be done backwards and forwards and upside down, inverted, but it's mainly… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
Having been an actor, I always want to leave room for the actors to find their comfort zone, so I don't like… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
It's very interesting to read why Cornelius Cardew became disenchanted with academic avant-garde music. He wanted to reach as many people as… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
Improvisation, the main thing is it teaches you to be in the moment and present in the moment and be reactive and… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
With Halloween, the director was this genius wonder boy who was the writer, director, producer, along with his girlfriend. They were this… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
I want the music to be heard as close to when I made it, as much as possible. I don't want to… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
I think jazz is a beautiful, democratic music. It encourages musicians with very strong, and many times, very different points of view… — Marcus Miller 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
For me, improvisation is about working with a partner. That is much easier to do in the interview, because you have a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
The thing about improv that I really love in scripted television is that it really makes a moment authentic. — Natasha Rothwell Copy Share Image
I believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It's a writing tool. — Ivan Reitman Copy Share Image
Ever fresh the broad creation, A divine improvisation, From the heart of God proceeds, A single will, a million deeds. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think the key to improv is always listening. It's embracing. It's positivity. It's hearing things and not shutting them down. — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
Improvisation is the art of being completely O.K. with not knowing what the f— you’re doing — Mick Napier Copy Share Image
“Improvisation is not a wild scramble at the last minute. You are not pulling plans out of thin air. Improvisation is the… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality. — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed working on 'Dumb & Dumberer' with Cheri Oteri, maybe because we are both into improvisations. We were meant to… — Eugene Levy Copy Share Image
Sometimes people have this notion that improvisation is simply intuitive leaping into the unknown. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
A lot of times when you're trying to do improv, everybody's doing a different style. — Robert Ben Garant Copy Share Image
Good improvisers seem telepathic; everything looks pre-arranged, This is because they accept all offers made—which is something no ‘normal’ person would do. — Keith Johnstone Copy Share Image
Improv training allows you to get out of your head a little bit and take more risks, which is something I would… — Allison Tolman Copy Share Image
Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool. — Bernard Sahlins Copy Share Image
