"Working within the limits of the medium forces us to change our own limits. Improvisation is not breaking with forms and limitations just to be 'free,' but using them as the very means of transcending ourselves."

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Source : Stephen Nachmanovitch (1991). “Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art”, p.84, Penguin

Stephen Nachmanovitch

#Mean Quotes #Limits Quotes #Force Quotes

“The best practice is inspired by theory.”
“My brother and I are always trying to figure out a way to work again together.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.”
“I know of a few multimillionaires who started trading with inherited wealth. In each case, they lost it all because they didn't feel the pain when they were losing. In those formative first few years of trading, they felt they could afford to lose. You're much better off going into the market on a shoestring, feeling that you can't afford to lose. I'd rather bet on somebody starting out with a few thousand dollars than on somebody who came in with millions.”
“A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.]”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 272-73, De Rebus Gestis Alexandria Magni, VI, 3, 11, 1922.
“Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.”
“A scotch buzz is the best buzz in the world.”
“I think if two people love each other, then what the hell? I think that everyone should have the chance to be equally miserable, if they want. It's the new tolerant me!”

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