Quotes of: Live-performance Keyword

First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give 100 percent and then what happens, happens.

Marina Abramovic

I think I realized it was an art form at the beginning, but it took me a really long time before I was able to view what I was performing myself as an art form.

Patton Oswalt

Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed.

Peter O'Toole

Israel is a wonderful place to be an artist - a place where imagination flourishes. Israeli culture is refreshingly avant garde - making films, music, performance art and visual art that continues to push the envelope, inspire and empower.

Ryan Kavanaugh

Poetry is a vocal art for me - but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to oneself or recalling some lines by memory.

Robert Pinsky

Mum and Dad always wanted me to do whatever I was happy doing. I nearly went to art college at 16, but decided to do a BTEC in performing arts.

Stephen Graham

It seemed that I performed better sober than drunk. Who knew?

American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot

I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.

The Mikado

Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves - their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.

Managing Oneself

She had a fierce pleasure in the idea of telling Margaret unwelcome truths, in the shape of performance of duty.

North and South

I’d rather go into a competition as the underdog. Less pressure to perform, and more motivation.

Seriously delirious, but not at all serious

The people need a strong leader. They feel insecure if they don’t know who to fear. Isn’t that why god was invented?

Performance Anomalies

Lift your eyes, straighten your back, let fear and pain walk away like the turtles they are.

Performance Anomalies

To make a friend you must close one eye. And to keep a friend, you must close both eyes.

Performance Anomalies

It’s only a cut, a reminder of this day. A reminder to ask every day, Why am I doing this?

Performance Anomalies

God really performs the miracle of multiplying our time, but only if we give it to him first.

Prayer for Beginners

I was performing my ritual of sipping tea, shooting flirtatious glances and planning murder

Peach Blossom Pavillion

The best teaching is often both an intellectual creation and a performing art.

What the Best College Teachers Do

Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best.

Bobby Vinton

In the music business, I found it was much more about interviews, photo shoots and appearances rather than actual performing, which I do best.

Gareth Gates

I wanted to capture the excitement of house music, almost like a four-four beat, and the best way to do that was to use a language that was rhythmic and performative.

Irvine Welsh