Art Quote by Roberta Smith

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

— Amanda Palmer

Characterization is integral to the theatrical experience.

— Robert Ludlum

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

The theatre-acting, creating, interpreting - means total involvement, the totality of heart, mind and spirit.

— Stella Adler

I think that when you do any kind of theatrical form, (you can't really do this in the theater) the task as an artist…

— Scott Cohen

One of the skills you have to master in theater is the ability to make the audience believe that things that aren't there are…

— David Oyelowo

All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.

— Jack Bowman

Ultimately, theatre is about creating a sense of wonder, and I think wonder is achieved not by a kind of wide-eyed silliness but by…

— George C. Wolfe

For someone who works in theatre, the rehearsal is where you discover everything. It is where magic happens, where the script enters you and…

— Ali Fazal

Theater is a dance of a different kind, a dance of rawness and characters stripped down.

— Ian McShane

A theater is such a revealing form of art, such a transparent and good actors, they're such powerful individuals. I always kind of dreamt…

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

General improvisations often give actors an insight beyond their words by helping them to 'see the word' and achieve a reality for the scene.

— Viola Spolin