Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I see a bad performance and people still clap... I wonder if they're clapping because they liked what they saw… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
A multitude of uniform, unidentifiable houses, lined up inflexibly, at uniform distances, on uniform roads, in a treeless communal waste, inhabited by… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
A musical, like most religions, provides the audience or followers with a sense of belonging. Religious services, on the other hand, with… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
We've been fighting from the beginning for organic architecture. That is, architecture where the whole is to the part as the part… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Cast not away your confidence because God defers his performances. That which does not come in your time, will be hastened in… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
God must've had a blast. painting the stripes on the zebra, hanging the stars in the sky, putting the gold in the… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Of course there are some actors that are better than others and performances that are better than others, but they're always embedded… — James Franco Copy Share Image
When you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is the repeated performance of just and temperate actions that produces virtue. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Performances are so defined by their venues - it'd be nice for the music to dictate more of the reaction. — Anna Meredith Copy Share Image
I've been to almost every country in the world, and the most frustrating thing for me has been that my schedule has… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
As for poetry 'belonging' in the classroom, it's like the way they taught us sex in those old hygiene classes: not performance… — Jerome Rothenberg Copy Share Image
I don't see a difference between playing a performance capture role and a live action role, they're just characters to me at… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I became fascinated by the fact that you could translate written material into performance. — Raymond Cruz Copy Share Image
Waiting to be happy limits our brain's potential for success, whereas cultivating positive brains makes us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative, and… — Shawn Achor Copy Share Image
My preference is live performance, because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I do work a lot. I mean, most of my income, I would say, comes from live performances. And then you've got… — Elton John Copy Share Image
If, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against legislative encroachments, this consideration… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat… — Danai Gurira Copy Share Image
I think that I burnt myself out a little bit with my dancing because I did so much of it. I was… — Mia Wasikowska Copy Share Image
Matthew Davidson is blessed with a God-given, born-in-the-bone, talent. His musicianship is far beyond his age. When I play with Matthew, it's… — Joe Osborn Copy Share Image
Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
I can play the guitar, the dulcimer, the piano, and the drums. However, I am not a "performance quality" musician. Rather, I… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image