Quotes About Spontaneity

The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.

Suppose Cartier-Bresson asked the man who jumped the puddle to do it again --- it never would have been the same. Start stealing!

Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.

Then, with sensation of plunging into an unknown sea, I moved to lay my lips on his, unurged, uninvited, kissing him for the first time entirely of my own will.

No point in being a grown-up if you can't be childish.

a single outburst does not produce a difficult relational environment. It is only when a parent [or anyone] repeatedly and regularly uses anger to close conversations, in the broadest sense of 'conversation,' that a dilemma is framed. When a parent [or partner] uses anger or the threat of anger to dominate the emotional atmosphere, then even potentially good conversations with them lose spontaneity, openness and honesty.

Always jump in the puddles! Always skip alongside the flowers. The only fights worth fighting are the pillow and food varieties.

Have you ever noticed how 'What the hell' is always the right decision to make?

If you've lived only by reasonableness, well, you have missed the show, haven't you?

But there's no doubt that children have an innate sense of humor. No matter how young they are, they always know when something's really funny.

L'idéologie guette l'esprit qui, se réjouissant de lui-même comme le Zarathoustra de Nietzsche, devient irrésistiblement presque un absolu de lui-même. La théorie empêche cela. Elle corrige la naïverté de sa confiance en soi sans qu'il doive pourtant sacrifier la spontanéité à laquelle la théorie pour sa part veut accéder.

Battles, in these ages, are transacted by mechanism; with the slightest possible development of human individuality or spontaneity; men now even die, and kill one another, in an artificial manner.

You can be a bit more naughty with a live show.

We don't always know what we're doing. We often just get excited, put something down, and say, 'Oh, neat'.

The best thing about Mick Jagger is how uncalculating he is. He does what he wants to do and it feels right. He's not a dancer - neither am I.

I miss improv. I hate it in a way - watching it, doing it - but only because it's so challenging and nerve wracking. Improv is the only belief system I've ever experienced that directly works on how to be. Just how to be.

My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.

I've never followed a list in my life, and that's probably what has created so much nervous energy in my body.

Improv is so freeing because there are no bounds; there's no safety net. You just say something and get an instant response.

Network shows shoot so fast, so you kind of have to just go with your instinct.

The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.

I will play different characters and do whatever excites me. I won't stick to one medium and as they say, never say never.

I'll probably never stop improvising.

When I go out, I'm not going out to find a man; I'm going out to dance the night away with my best friends.