33 Quotes by Keith Johnstone

None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public.

Enjoy things even when you’re screwing up.

Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more ‘respectful’ teaching, if we thought of adults as atrophied children.

In a normal education everything is designed to suppress spontaneity, but I wanted to develop it.

Good improvisers seem telepathic; everything looks pre-arranged, This is because they accept all offers made – which is something no ‘normal’ person would do.

The best laughs are on the recognition of truth.

If you believe you’re good already, you don’t need to do extra stuff to impress us. Your best work comes when you’re absorbed; because then your ego is away.

Suppose Mozart had tried to be original? It would have been like a man at the North Pole trying to walk north, and this is true of all of the rest of us. Striving after originality takes you far away from your true self, and makes your work mediocre.

If you have a good idea, open your mouth and say something else.