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Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes

Every attempt we make is imperfect; yet each one of those imperfect attempts is an occasion for a delight unlike anything else on earth Picture Quote #1

The easiest way to do art is to dispense with success and failure altogether and just get on with it Picture Quote #1

Improvisation is intuition in action, a way to discover the muse and learn to respond to her call Picture Quote #1

Surrender means cultivating a comfortable attitude toward not knowing, being nurtured by the mystery of moments that are dependably surprising, ever fresh Picture Quote #1

Play, creativity, art, spontaneity, all these experiences are their own rewards and are blocked when we perform for reward or punishment, profit or loss Picture Quote #1

Structure ignites spontaneity. Limits yield intensity. When we play... by our self-chosen rules, we find that containment of strength amplifies strength Picture Quote #1

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To create, we need both technique and freedom of technique Picture Quote #1

Memory and intention and intuition are fused. The iron is always hot Picture Quote #1

There are only people doing their imperfect best at doing their imperfect jobs Picture Quote #1

Creativity exists more in the searching than in the finding Picture Quote #1

Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of ones chosen form Picture Quote #1

Faithfulness to the moment and to the present circumstance entails continuous surrender Picture Quote #1

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Any action can be practiced as an art, as a craft, or as drudgery Picture Quote #1

We can depend on the world being a perpetual surprise in perpetual motion Picture Quote #1

The most potent muse of all is our own inner child Picture Quote #1

Play, intrinsically rewarding, doesn’t cost anything; as soon as you put a price on it, it becomes, to some extent, not play Picture Quote #1

In improvisation, there is only one time. This is what computer people call real time. The time of inspiration, the time of technically structuring and realizing... the time of playing it, and the time of communicating with the audience, are all one Picture Quote #1

If the art is created with the whole person, then the work will come out whole. Education must teach, reach, and vibrate the whole person rather than merely transfer knowledge Picture Quote #1

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The professionalism of technique and flash of dexterity are more comfortable to be around than raw creative power, hence our society generally rewards virtuoso performers more highly than it rewards original creators Picture Quote #1

Commitment to a set of rules frees your play to attain a profundity and vigor otherwise impossible Picture Quote #1

Many musicians are fabulously skilled at playing the black dots on the printed page, but mystified by how the dots got there in the first place and apprehensive of playing without dots. Music theory does not help here; it teaches rules of the grammar, but not what to say. When people ask me how to improvise, only a little of what I can say is about music. The real story is about spontaneous expression, and it is therefore a spiritual and a psychological story rather than a story about the technique of one art form or another Picture Quote #1

Play enables us to rearrange our capacities and our very identity so that they can be used in unforeseen ways Picture Quote #1

Fidgeting and boredom are the symptoms of fear of emptiness, which we try to fill up with whatever we can lay our hands on Picture Quote #1

There are no prescriptive solutions, no grand designs for grand problems. Life’s solutions lie in the minute particulars involving more and more individual people daring to create their own life and art, daring to listen to the voice within their deepest, original nature, and deeper still, the voice within the earth Picture Quote #1

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Play is the taproot from which original art springs. It is the raw stuff that the artist channels with all his learning and technique Picture Quote #1

The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge Picture Quote #1

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Every attempt we make is imperfect; yet each one of those imperfect attempts is an occasion for a delight unlike anything else on earth. (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) The easiest way to do art is to dispense with success and failure altogether and just get on with it. (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Improvisation is intuition in action, a way to discover the muse and learn to respond to her call (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Surrender means cultivating a comfortable attitude toward not knowing, being nurtured by the mystery of moments that are dependably surprising, ever fresh. (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Play, creativity, art, spontaneity, all these experiences are their own rewards and are blocked when we perform for reward or punishment, profit or loss. (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Structure ignites spontaneity. Limits yield intensity. When we play... by our self-chosen rules, we find that containment of strength amplifies strength (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) To create, we need both technique and freedom of technique (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Memory and intention and intuition are fused. The iron is always hot (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) There are only people doing their imperfect best at doing their imperfect jobs (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Creativity exists more in the searching than in the finding (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of ones chosen form (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Faithfulness to the moment and to the present circumstance entails continuous surrender (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Any action can be practiced as an art, as a craft, or as drudgery (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) We can depend on the world being a perpetual surprise in perpetual motion (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) The most potent muse of all is our own inner child (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Play, intrinsically rewarding, doesn’t cost anything; as soon as you put a price on it, it becomes, to some extent, not play (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) In improvisation, there is only one time. This is what computer people call real time. The time of inspiration, the time of technically structuring and realizing... the time of playing it, and the time of communicating with the audience, are all one (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) If the art is created with the whole person, then the work will come out whole. Education must teach, reach, and vibrate the whole person rather than merely transfer knowledge (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) The professionalism of technique and flash of dexterity are more comfortable to be around than raw creative power, hence our society generally rewards virtuoso performers more highly than it rewards original creators (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Commitment to a set of rules frees your play to attain a profundity and vigor otherwise impossible (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Many musicians are fabulously skilled at playing the black dots on the printed page, but mystified by how the dots got there in the first place and apprehensive of playing without dots. Music theory does not help here; it teaches rules of the grammar, but not what to say. When people ask me how to improvise, only a little of what I can say is about music. The real story is about spontaneous expression, and it is therefore a spiritual and a psychological story rather than a story about the technique of one art form or another (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Play enables us to rearrange our capacities and our very identity so that they can be used in unforeseen ways (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Fidgeting and boredom are the symptoms of fear of emptiness, which we try to fill up with whatever we can lay our hands on (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) There are no prescriptive solutions, no grand designs for grand problems. Life’s solutions lie in the minute particulars involving more and more individual people daring to create their own life and art, daring to listen to the voice within their deepest, original nature, and deeper still, the voice within the earth (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) Play is the taproot from which original art springs. It is the raw stuff that the artist channels with all his learning and technique (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes) The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge (Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotes)