Hands Quote by Earle Brown

A performance is a conversation between you and an audience.

— Livingston Taylor

One needs strong performance to put across a point in theatre.

— Mahesh Bhatt

The idea of calling out a performer for being performative is mind-numbingly redundant as an exercise. Performing is a performer's job.

— Matty Healy

Performing is just standing up there and doing something. Performance takes on an edge to it. It has a more dramatic context.

— Alan King

Performance shots are a waste of time, they look like everyone else's. If you want to shoot a performer, then grab them, own them,…

— Art Kane

I like to perform in front of an audience.

— Barbi Benton

The shortest feedback loop I can think of is doing improvisation in front of an audience.

— Demetri Martin

In my case, I take part in performance-oriented music and believe it is my call to show the audience something that both their eyes…

— Hyuna

Ideally the performer has a special function. Which is to bring the listener to the edge of that experience and to open the doors…

— Julian Bream

The thing I find really special in performance is that there is this slightly mystical thing that takes over when you're responding to a…

— Johnny Flynn

The more you can make a performance seem spontaneous, the better an entertainer you are.

— Soupy Sales

The most important thing for any performer is to know your own weaknesses. It's much more important to know what you can't do than…

— Richard Bonynge