Improvisatory Quotes & Sayings

The chef who cooks without a song on his lips cannot hope to infuse the right carefree improvisatory note into his art. — James Hamilton-Paterson

I record cello Etudes that are fewer than four minutes long and post them on YouTube. How can one execute fully-formed ideas with utmost perfection, yet stay free enough to allow improvisatory nuance? This has immediate application in almost every area of life, but especially in performance. — Joshua Roman

Not even old age knows how to love death. — Sophocles

There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through life. Hope is a big one. The more of that we can carry, the better. — Wendelin Van Draanen

To me, my peers are Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger. I'm not talking age-wise, but in terms of careers. Madonna. Those are my peers. And I'm okay with that. — LL Cool J

Hold an image of the life you want, and that image will become fact. — Norman Vincent Peale

This Blood that but one drop of has the power to win all the world forgiveness of its world of sin. — Thomas Aquinas

There are two books that impressed me when I was very young. One was 'The Adventures of Augie March' - the idea of having something so generous, and so adventurous and improvisatory. The other was 'The U.S.A. Trilogy,' by John Dos Passos. — E.L. Doctorow

Life is too short for constant struggle and pain. LET IT GO and move on to the beauty and light. — Mandy Hale

The devil tempts us not; 'tis we who tempt him, beckoning his skill with opportunity. — George Eliot

But with Freddy I seemed to have the best sort of conversations, where our talk became exploratory and would lead on to new ideas, like thinking aloud, and in the process of clarifying improvisatory theories I always made useful discoveries about what I thought and felt. — Victoria Clayton

Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list. — Bill Hybels

Grateful Dead performances were by design not consciously planned, often reaching their artistic peak when the collective stumbled upon something stunning, when "the music played the band," as it were. Instead of using set lists, the Grateful Dead chose songs by experimenting together until a pulse, rhythm, phrase, or riff emerged from the group, suggesting a song. Their collective, improvisatory musical works communicate felling like any other artwork. — Steven Gimbel