Paul Simon
Musician, Songwriter
"Improvisation is too good to leave to chance."
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Improvisation
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Miles Davis
Musician
"In improvisation, there are no mistakes."
Patti Smith
Musician
"You can't make a mistake when you improvise."
Scarlett Johansson
Actress
"Improvisation has never been my strong point."
Evan Parker
Saxophonist
"Improvisation is a compositional method."
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"The shortest feedback loop I can think of is doing improvisation in front of an audience."
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"You don't want to OD on improvisation."
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"Most of us lead lives of chaotic improvisation from day to day, bawling for peace while plunging grimly into fresh disorders."
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"In a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize."
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"The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist."
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