"Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become 'stage-worthy.' We learn through experience and experiencing, and no one teaches anyone anything. This is as true for the infant moving from kicking and crawling to walking as it is for the scientist with his equations. If the environment permits it, anyone can learn whatever he chooses to learn; and if the individual permits it, the environment will teach him everything it has to teach. 'Talent' or 'lack of talent' have little to do with it."

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Source : Viola Spolin (1963). “Improvisation for the theater: a handbook of teaching and directing techniques”

Viola Spolin

#Moving Quotes #Play Quotes #Wish Quotes

“We should not say how's business, but where is business”
“One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree - make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.”
“A flame burns brightest just before it goes out.”

Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden
“There's huge satisfaction in that, but I've got to credit all the doctors and trainers in Cleveland.”
“Singing still brings me tremendous joy, the reception you get and you never know what people are going to share with you after the event.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Question: Why does life have to feel like such a struggle at times? Answer: Because without the struggle, the triumphs wouldn't taste as sweet.”

Source : Connor Franta (2015). “Untitled”, p.163, Simon and Schuster
“The president and others say that if we leave, it will just be chaos in Iraq. Well, right now when you come to Iraq, you can't even drive from the airport to the Green Zone.”
“Democrats love employees, it's employers they hate.”

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