Aim Quote by Steve Paxton

I try to influence this improvisation in two ways. One is by centering on reflections, in both senses of the word: acoustic reflections as…

— Pauline Oliveros

Improvisation is a compositional method.

— Evan Parker

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

— Yehudi Menuhin

Improvisation is intuition in action, a way to discover the muse and learn to respond to her call.

— Stephen Nachmanovitch

Composition is selective improvisation.

— Igor Stravinsky

Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool.

— Bernard Sahlins

My child, what I want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel, inside which dwells a mind of the same material as that…

— Swami Vivekananda

Improvisation has been with me since I was a kid, and, taking a selfish pleasure from that, I just thought, "What the hell. It…

— Jamie Lidell

Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own.

— Sonny Rollins

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

It's probably what I'm most interested in as a choreographer: how I can alter and shift and develop the structure of a piece and…

— Justin Peck

I'm trying to create flesh architecture. I aim to get a sculptural feel for groups of bodies, as well as create performance art.

— Spencer Tunick