"Error is not just acceptable, it is necessary for the continuation of life, provided it is not too great. A large error is a catastrophe, a small error is essential for enhancing existence. Without error, there is no movement. Death follows."

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Source : Jacques Lecoq (2013). “The Moving Body (Le Corps Poetique): Teaching Creative Theatre”, p.21, A&C Black

Jacques Lecoq

#Errors Quotes #Essentials Quotes #Movement Quotes

“I vowed to never, ever talk or reason like an adult.”
“The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange.”
“It doesn't cost a thing to smile,”
“Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else will even say 'Bless You'.”
“Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.”

Source : FaceBook post by Richard Paul Evans from Oct 22, 2011
“Sex is like crying, it does look pretty if you really do it”
“I find it really enriching to make pots which people are using and which they come in contact with, not only visually in their homes but tactilely - when they pick them up, when they wash them after dinner, and so on and so forth.”
“Thereâ€™s a long pause. But itâ€™s not a bad pause, because Mik is looking at me like Iâ€™m the treasure from the high shelf that someoneâ€™s just taken down and put into his hands. I find I donâ€™t mind being looked at like this. I donâ€™t mind it at all.”

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