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Performance Quotes

What changes when work is performed live.

These quotes focus on performance as something that happens in front of people - certain songs suit a large concert setting better than the studio version ever did, and live music itself is named as a genuine draw. See Expression.

I have seen 'OK Kanmani,' and I really enjoyed it. I loved Dulquer's performance. I became a fan of his after seeing his work in the film. I would love to meet him.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

What normally we see is the finished product, someone's performance on screen, but behind the scenes, a lot goes into it.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

I want somebody to push me and grill me and extract a performance out of me which nobody expects.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

Though all actors do not make good directors, Dhanush is really one of the finest. He knows exactly how to direct an actor to extract the performance the way he wants it. Perhaps that is happening because he is a...

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

Emotion Quotes

As an audience member, I like to watch what they're doing, and that's one of the reasons I love skating: because it's a performance, and I love to perform. That's my favorite aspect of skating.

Quotes by Adam Rippon

I would love to do a live show with dancers and fashion and scenic elements - definitely bring my love of the theater to a concert-style performance.

Quotes by Adam Lambert

You can't plan everything - if I did a performance exactly how I rehearsed it, it would be so boring.

Quotes by Adam Lambert

There's a tendency for the yen to strengthen because it's rated highly, but I don't think that accurately reflects Japan's economic performance.

Quotes by Yoshihiko Noda

One of the things I love about music is live performance.

Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma

Expression Quotes

As a child, I would watch 'Frasier' a lot, and there was one episode with Derek Jacobi where he was playing this Shakespearean actor that was a terrible Hamlet. And he reenacted the performance, and for days I went on....

Quotes by Winston Duke

Breathing and using cold, through cold showers and experiences, provides a boost of performance compared to anything that would be possible if the person had not done that.

Quotes by Wim Hof

Firms would be given initial entitlements to gross markup on the basis of past performance. These entitlements would be transferable and a market in them would be developed.

Quotes by William Vickrey

It's interesting how some songs really lend themselves to performance in a big public venue and performance by a band and so on, and so they're even more successful in that context than they were on the record.

Quotes by Walter Becker

As actors, we are expected to come up with an exaggerated performance, which is far from reality.

Quotes by Vijay Antony

Impact Quotes

Even though I've won numerous titles and an Olympic gold medal, there are still so many faults in my performance that I can honestly hardly bear to watch the videos back.

Quotes by Victoria Pendleton

Music is about the performance.

Quotes by Vanessa Mae

You cannot increase the efficiency of photosynthesis. We improve the performance of farms by irrigating them and fertilizing them to provide all these nutrients. But we cannot keep on doubling the yield every two years. Moore's law doesn't apply to...

Quotes by Vaclav Smil

The necessity to constantly turn in an excellent performance, to be absolutely wedded to this dedication and this ideal means that as a child you're going to pay for it personally.

Quotes by Twyla Tharp

Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments.

Quotes by Tullian Tchividjian

Presence Quotes

My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace.

Quotes by Tullian Tchividjian

Frequently Asked Questions

What different kinds of "performance" are covered in this collection?
A good mix - live music performance, an economic sense of "performance," and a specific pop-culture memory about a TV sitcom scene involving a fictional bad Hamlet performance.
Is there a quote about live music performance specifically?
Yes - a simple, heartfelt one: "One of the things I love about music is live performance," a straightforward statement about what draws the speaker to live shows over recordings.
Is there a quote using "performance" in an economic sense?
Yes - one quote argues that currency strength doesn't necessarily reflect the real economy, saying, "There's a tendency for the yen to strengthen because it's rated highly, but I don't think that accurately reflects Japan's economic performance." It's presented as that speaker's own financial opinion.
Is there a quote about songs performing well live versus on record?
Yes - one quote reflects on how certain songs are better suited to being performed live in a big venue than they were in their original recorded form.
Is there a pop-culture quote about a memorable acting performance?
Yes - one speaker recalls watching 'Frasier' as a child and remembers "one episode with Derek Jacobi where he was playing this Shakespearean actor that was a terrible Hamlet," a fond, specific TV memory. See also our Expression quotes or Impact quotes pages.

There's also an economic angle, one entry connecting a currency's strength to how it's perceived rather than actual performance. Continue with Impact or Presence.