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Improvisation Quotes (page 3)

Still less, despite appearances, will it have been a collection of three “essays” whose itinerary it would be time, after the fact, to recognize; whose continuity and underlying laws could now be pointed out; indeed, whose overall concept or meaning could at last, with all the insistence required on such occasions, be squarely set forth. I will not feign, according to the code, either premeditation or improvisation. These texts are assembled otherwise; it is not my intention here to... Jacques Derrida
George Gershwin quote: "Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise."
Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise. George Gershwin
Tina Fey quote: "When hiring, mix Harvard Nerds with Chicago Improvisers and stir."
When hiring, mix Harvard Nerds with Chicago Improvisers and stir. Tina Fey
Listen to this, Nimit. Follow Coleman Hawkins' improvised lines very carefully. He is using them to tell us something. Pay very close attention. He is telling us the story of the free spirit that is doing everything it can to escape from within him. That same kind of spirit is inside me, inside you. There--you can hear it, I'm sure: the hot breath, the shivering heart. (Thailand) Haruki Murakami
He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching one's feet. William Golding
Our political economy and our high-energy industry run on large, general principles, on ideas? not by day-to-day guess work, expedients and improvisations. Ideas have to go into exchange to become or remain operative; and the medium of such exchange is the printed word. William F. Buckley, Jr.
Touring with King Crimson wasn't a lot of fun for me. I had a lot of equipment, and when I was in improvised music I'd set it up myself, play the gig, and put it all away again. Jamie Muir
John Lothrop Motley quote: "A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind."
A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind. John Lothrop Motley
When I'm on stage, it's a little world I've created where I'm sort of the thing, so I have total control over everything that happens. When we're improvising, I'm with someone I totally trust. I know things are going to work out. I don't have those guarantees in life. There are no consequences on stage. Colin Mochrie
I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies with improvisation as I'm working with people. Roscoe Mitchell
Vincente Minnelli quote: "I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things..."
I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work. Vincente Minnelli
The thing about improvisation is that it's not about what you say. It's listening to what other people say. It's about what you hear. Paul Merton
Out of 30 years of Second City I was probably the third African-American with the main stage cast. I was surprised when I first heard that. I think part of the reason that improvisation has never been popular with African-Americans is that it isn't popular in the inner cities. Tim Meadows
I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground. John McLaughlin
Jazz is all about improvisation and it's about the moment in time, doing it this way now, and you'll never do it this way twice. I've studied the masters. Why would I want to play ball after the guys who sit on a bench? I want to play like Michael Jordan. Brian McKnight

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