Definition of Improvise

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Improvise

To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.

To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without previous preparation.

To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.

To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.

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Improvise Quotations

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
Charles Darwin

I don't write any of my material down. I like to improvise and be spontaneous.
Dane Cook

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.
Christopher Walken

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
Sylvia Plath

You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.
Denzel Washington

But I really like hosting, I think it's a strength of mine. It allows me to improvise, and I love the spontaneity of that, and I think I'm funny behind the desk when interviewing someone.
Garry Shandling

More of me comes out when I improvise.
Edward Hopper

Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like to improvise because I think it brings certain freshness and a reality to it, as long as it doesn't go too far out of the box.
Robert Redford

You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.
Orlando Bloom

My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it.
Paul Simon

Improvise Translations

improvise in French is improviser, improvisent, improvisez, improvisons
improvise in German is improvisieren
improvise in Italian is improvvisare
improvise in Spanish is improvisar
improvise in Swedish is prova dig fram

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