Performances Quotes · Page 85

Critique the performance, and respect the hard work put in.

— Shawn Johnson

I do a lot of American plays. I've done a lot of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Neil Simon. I was in…

— Jacki Weaver

After I did Untamed Heart I wanted to do a film that was outrageous. I really wanted to do, you know, a…

— Christian Slater

If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance.

— Mark Twain

At one point [Cardew] taught himself to play guitar simply in order to take part in the performance in a composition by…

— Morton Feldman

The mall tour was right off of my second record, before it came out. It was very different. I did an acoustic…

— Avril Lavigne

I would enjoy venturing into music, as I do write songs and compose music! And, of course, dance, rhythm and performance are…

— Jiah Khan

I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live…

— Martha Graham

I'm trying to create flesh architecture. I aim to get a sculptural feel for groups of bodies, as well as create performance…

— Spencer Tunick

A Financial Research Corporation study determined that the expense ratio is the only reliable predictor of future mutual fund performance.

— Michael LeBoeuf

I remember seeing Janet McTeer in A Doll's House. My grandmother took me and we had seats in the very back row,…

— Julia Stiles

The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance.

— Ansel Adams

I learned from the Macarturos. I had never been at a table with a labor organizer and a playwright and a performance…

— Sandra Cisneros

I'm not a performance artist or any of that, I'm not out to please anyone. Just me.

— GG Allin

Sometimes when family members least deserve love, they need it most. Love is not appropriately expressed in threats, accusations, expressions of disappointment,…

— Marvin J. Ashton

We should remember that it is quite as much a part of friendship to be delicate in its demands as to be…

— John Frederick Boyes

Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it's not like it's a bible.

— Javier Bardem

The first thing you have to do is take everything with a grain of salt. You know, you've gotta just look at…

— Stefano Langone

I was working more on a primal, instinctive level. And it just seemed to suit me; it seemed to suit my concentration…

— Ron Perlman

Yesterday's concert was a success. I hasten to let you know. I inform your Lordship that I was not a bit nervous…

— Frederic Chopin

Just play with sincerity, give the performance of your life with everything you've got.

— KAORI

Everything. A letter may be coded, and a word may be coded. A theatrical performance may be coded, and a sonnet may…

— Anonymous

In business, poor performance leads to bankruptcy or, at a minimum, a restructuring of the company. In American education, failure entitles the…

— Cal Thomas

You can only elevate individual performance by elevating that of the entire system.

— W. Edwards Deming

Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.

— Marina Abramovic