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title: "11 Performing Art Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Posing is a performing art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schwarzenegger/posing-is-a-performing-art/)

[Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schwarzenegger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/arnold-schwarzenegger-657_art_posing-is-a-performing-art-124365_124365.jpg)

> [“Teaching is a performing art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-biffle/teaching-is-a-performing-art/)

[Chris Biffle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-biffle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c3/chris-biffle-101641_art_teaching-is-a-performing-art-2060625_2060625.jpg)

> [Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-tippett/music-is-a-performing-art-as-any-native-american-will-tell-you-it-isn/)

[Michael Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tippett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/michael-tippett-25840_american_music-is-a-performing-art-as-any-native_131719.png)

> [“The best teaching is often both an intellectual creation and a performing art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-bain/the-best-teaching-is-often-both-an-intellectual-creation-and-a/)

[Ken Bain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-bain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/ken-bain-42226_art_the-best-teaching-is-often-both-an-intel_1551292.jpg)

> [You should not think of business while performing your art. This advice holds true for every artiste, irrespective of what he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/himesh-reshammiya/you-should-not-think-of-business-while-performing-your-art-this/)

[Himesh Reshammiya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/himesh-reshammiya/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/himesh-reshammiya-5462_advice_you-should-not-think-of-business-while-p_1530201.jpg)

> [In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luciano-pavarotti/in-opera-as-with-any-performing-art-to-be-in-great-demand-and-to/)

[Luciano Pavarotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luciano-pavarotti/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/luciano-pavarotti-12436_art_in-opera-as-with-any-performing-art-to-b_2023498.png)

> [I think the most important thing is to establish myself as an actor. As much as it's a performing art, I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zac-efron/i-think-the-most-important-thing-is-to-establish-myself-as-an-actor/)

[Zac Efron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zac-efron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/zac-efron-3303_actors_i-think-the-most-important-thing-is-to-e_1148437.jpg)

> [I feel that performing is its own art form, and recording is its own art form, and writing is its own art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/i-feel-that-performing-is-its-own-art-form-and-recording-is-its-own/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/adrianne-lenker-12530_art_i-feel-that-performing-is-its-own-art-fo_1224892.jpg)

> [I think I realized it was an art form at the beginning, but it took me a really long time before I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/i-think-i-realized-it-was-an-art-form-at-the-beginning-but-it-took-me/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/patton-oswalt-2795_able_i-think-i-realized-it-was-an-art-form-at_115438.png)

> [I didn't know I wanted to act until it was around 21. I had just come back to Los Angeles after two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caity-lotz/i-didn-t-know-i-wanted-to-act-until-it-was-around-21-i-had-just-come/)

[Caity Lotz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caity-lotz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/caity-lotz-22034_act_i-didn-t-know-i-wanted-to-act-until-it-w_1925273.jpg)

> [And treating poetry as a performing art emphasizes its ephemerality. A printed poem can be endlessly reprinted, photocopied, scanned, uploaded, cut and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/and-treating-poetry-as-a-performing-art-emphasizes-its-ephemerality-a/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/james-arthur-3067_art_and-treating-poetry-as-a-performing-art_127771.jpg)

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