Keith Johnstone Quotes about Imagination

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Imagination is as effortless as perception, unless we think it might be ‘wrong’, which is what our education encourages us to believe.

Imagination is as effortless as perception, unless we think it might be ‘wrong’, which is what our education encourages us to believe.

Keith Johnstone

Believe, Thinking, Imagination

Keith Johnstone (1981). “Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre”, p.80, Routledge

The improviser has to understand that his first skill lies in releasing his partner’s imagination.

Keith Johnstone

Lying, Skills, Imagination

Keith Johnstone (1981). “Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre”, p.93, Routledge

At school any spontaneous act was likely to get me into trouble. I learned never to act on impulse, and that whatever came into my mind first should be rejected in favour of better ideas. I learned that my imagination Wasn’t ‘good’ enough. I learned that the first idea was unsatisfactory because it was (1) psychotic; (2) obscene; (3) unoriginal. The truth is that the best ideas are often psychotic, obscene and unoriginal.

Keith Johnstone

School, Ideas, Imagination

Keith Johnstone (2017). “Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre”, p.82, Bloomsbury Publishing

Keith Johnstone Quotes about Imagination

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