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Improv Quote: "There are no mistakes, just happy accidents." - Bob Ross

Bob Ross

“There are no mistakes, just happy accidents.”

― Bob Ross, American painter and television host.

Impro Thought of the Day: "When it is hot, you should be hot Buddha."

"When it is hot, you should be hot Buddha. When it is cold, you should be cold Buddha." – Zen Saying

I love this saying. It encapsulates a lot of improv wisdom in a straight-forward language. It means don't try and be clever or contrary; or try to set up things that are already there, just BE what is set up. "Hot" is more than enough information to start something and see what comes organically and logically from this.

Impro Thought of the Day: "Failure presents opportunities to create subsequent victories."

"Failure presents opportunities to create subsequent victories." - Stewart Lee, How I Escaped My Certain Fate.

Impro Thought of the Day: "As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer what you saw." - Shunryu Suzuki

"As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer what you saw." - Shunryu Suzuki

Only in the moment is something real. After that it is an intellectual construct.