#perform

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#allowed #dulling #excellence #goodbye #human

I wrote stories from the time I was a little girl, but I didn't want to be a writer. I wanted to be an actress. I didn't realize then that it's the same impulse. It's make-believe. It's performance. ↗

— Joan Didion

#girl #i #impulse #little #little girl

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#before #doubts #forced #go #into

When I heard the royal family wanted to have me perform in celebration of Prince William's marriage, I knew I had to give them a little something. 'Wet' is the perfect anthem for Prince William or any playa to get the club smokin'. ↗

— Snoop Dogg

#any #celebration #club #family #get

We went through this business of me writing out all the parts for these old songs from Gravity and Speechless and we'd been performing that, but we don't do that any more. ↗

— Fred Frith

#been #business #gravity #me #more

I discovered early on that some performers live their life in order to act, so all their relationships are simply an experience that they can feed back into their work. Which I find vampiric. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#back #discovered #early #experience #feed

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#am #before #every #i #i am

My performances have finally caught up with my ego. ↗

— Ato Boldon

#ego #finally #performances #up

I wanted to make a classical piece that was actually designed to be a CD, not designed for performance. ↗

— Anne Dudley

#cd #classical #designed #i #make

I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing. ↗