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> [Suppose Mozart had tried to be original? It would have been like a man at the North Pole trying to walk north, and this is true of all of the rest of us. Striving after originality takes you far away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/suppose-mozart-had-tried-to-be-original-it-would-have-been-like-a-man/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

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## More by Keith Johnstone

> [Suppose Mozart had tried to be original? It would have been like a man at the North Pole trying to walk north, and this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/suppose-mozart-had-tried-to-be-original-it-would-have-been-like-a-man/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [An artist who is inspired is being obvious. He’s not making any decisions, he’s not weighing one idea against another. He’s accepting his first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/an-artist-who-is-inspired-is-being-obvious-he-s-not-making-any/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [I was crazy about silent comedy - in the old days, and crazy about Japanese movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/i-was-crazy-about-silent-comedy-in-the-old-days-and-crazy-about/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [The problem's always been to deal with the fear.Cos the fear is pretty . . . it ruins everybody really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/the-problem-s-always-been-to-deal-with-the-fear-cos-the-fear-is/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/none-of-us-really-grow-up-all-we-ever-do-is-learn-how-to-behave-in/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [Wherever you go it's the same fear. And the same protective devices. There is one big error I think and partly my fault which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/wherever-you-go-it-s-the-same-fear-and-the-same-protective-devices/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [Good improvisers seem telepathic; everything looks pre-arranged, This is because they accept all offers made—which is something no ‘normal’ person would do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/good-improvisers-seem-telepathic-everything-looks-pre-arranged-this/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [I left my theatre the Loose Moose almost twenty years ago, and I hardly ever go back. Sometimes I go back to do a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/i-left-my-theatre-the-loose-moose-almost-twenty-years-ago-and-i/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [There are people who prefer to say ‘Yes’, and there are people who prefer to say ‘No’. Those who say ‘Yes’ are rewarded by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/there-are-people-who-prefer-to-say-yes-and-there-are-people-who/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [I don't even think you should tell the audience you're improvising. It's like an apology in case it's bad : 'we're just making it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/i-don-t-even-think-you-should-tell-the-audience-you-re-improvising-it/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [You can sort of trick people into being really good. Even if they didn't know anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/you-can-sort-of-trick-people-into-being-really-good-even-if-they-didn/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [The best laughs are on the recognition of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/the-best-laughs-are-on-the-recognition-of-truth/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [If you have a good idea, open your mouth and say something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/if-you-have-a-good-idea-open-your-mouth-and-say-something-else/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [Enjoy things even when you’re screwing up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/enjoy-things-even-when-you-re-screwing-up/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

> [My feeling is the moment the theatre is not full you have to do something else. But most people somehow think 'If we did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/my-feeling-is-the-moment-the-theatre-is-not-full-you-have-to-do/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

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