Quote by Patricia Ryan Madson

The lifelong goal of an improviser is to listen to what the other person is saying, taking it in, and responding.

— Ali Farahnakian

I'm an improviser at heart, when I'm writing, I'm improvising in my head. When you're an improviser on stage, you can never be precious…

— Scot Armstrong

Improvisation, it is a mystery. You can write a book about it, but by the end no one still knows what it is. When…

— Stephane Grappelli

I want to be an improviser, and I've worked very hard at that. It's an art. You don't just play whatever comes into your…

— Neil Peart

“In life, most of us are highly skilled at suppressing action. All the improvisation teacher has to do is to reverse this skill and…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I don't think I'm anything like the improviser. I'm not. I do better with at least an outline.

— Kathleen Turner

When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want it to…

— Rob Reiner

“Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action."(p.115)”

— Malcolm Gladwell

Great improvisers are like priests... they are thinking only of their God

— Stephane Grappelli

I'm not an improv guy.

— Curtis Armstrong

Improvisation is the expression of the accumulated yearnings, dreams, and wisdom of the soul.

— Yehudi Menuhin

...I think of improvising as composing - fo me it's all about playing melodies. When I improvise, there's not a lot of real thinking…

— Robben Ford