Art Quote by Judith Weir

Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity.

— Jack Bowman

Compared to other forms of drama, performance art is often thought of as inaccessible and overly artsy. I prefer to think of it as…

— Amy Hill

As artistes, it is as much our job to entertain as to help the audience broaden their horizons.

— Sanjay Mishra

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words.

— Laurie Anderson

When it comes to performance art, I am more interested in the failures then the so-called successes. I have never cared for entertaining anyone.

— Vaginal Davis

The way you survive in the performing arts is by having a sense of your audience, and doing things which entertain and satisfy the…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound.

— Amanda Palmer

I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience, in the moment. From a filmmaker's standpoint, that's so…

— Todd Haynes

Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling. There are in store for you many unsuccessful days…

— Anton Chekhov

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

Performance art can involve the audience with taste, smell and sounds not available with electronic media and not practical with conventional theater. This is…

— Jack Bowman

The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way…

— David Rubenstein