“That was what got me through. I was able to improvise with what I had.”
Aron Ralston
“One is improvising when one writes, and you pick up in the same way a musician starts to improvise and detect the inner structure of what he's playing - that's the way it works in the writing of a novel. You pick up the beat.”
Robert Stone
“No, we almost never improvise on stage. We're not clever enough for improvisation. We'd just mess it up.”
Kjartan Sveinsson
“Those guys improvised, and we were able to get it done.”
Mike Scioscia
“There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.”
Carson McCullers
“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed”
Charles Darwin
“These are days when no one should rely unduly on his competence. Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.”
Walter Benjamin