Famous quotes containing the words completely, improvised and/or manner:
“One has to completely humiliate oneself to be what the Beatles were, and thats what I resent. I didnt know, I didnt foresee. It happened bit by bit, gradually, until this complete craziness is surrounding you, and youre doing exactly what you dont want to do with people you cant standthe people you hated when you were ten.”
—John Lennon (19401980)
“If melodrama is the quintessence of drama, farce is the quintessence of theatre. Melodrama is written. A moving image of the world is provided by a writer. Farce is acted. The writers contribution seems not only absorbed but translated.... One cannot imagine melodrama being improvised. The improvised drama was pre-eminently farce.”
—Eric Bentley (b. 1916)
“Magic is akin to science in that it always has a definite aim intimately associated with human instincts, needs, and pursuits. The magic art is directed towards the attainment of practical aims. Like other arts and crafts, it is also governed by a theory, by a system of principles which dictate the manner in which the act has to be performed in order to be effective.”
—Bronislaw Malinowski (19841942)