Source: The Way of the Pulse: Drumming with Spirit (1999), pp. 89-90
“When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.”
As quoted in Dancing in the Dark (1974), p. 61
“To me the play is never just the play but it’s the whole journey to it.”
On the dynamic nature of writing plays in [https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/17/acclaimed-berkeley-playwright-philip-kan-gotanda-opens-up-about-his-mysterious-new-play/ “
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“How you play, is how you'll be remembered. Go Hard, follow your heart or be forgotten.”
Interview with Entertainment Tonight (2009) on advice for others trying to follow their dreams.
A Conversation with Martin de Maat (1998)
Context: The beginning of this work is just how to get people to remember how to play, to be in play. Once you're in play, you're in the moment. You're not judgmental, you're enjoying each other, you're accepting of everything that goes on; you're trusting yourself and just doing the game as best as you can. Your critical mind is gone, your analytical mind is not involved. Really, it's just the flow that goes on between human beings, the group the power of the ensemble.
As with any ensemble, it is the team effort or the group effort that makes the individual grow or look good. That's what the center of this work is all about, what these games and exercises are all about... breaking down barriers between people, empowering the individual to believe in their own associations and ideas, uncovering the courage to create, the courage to communicate.
"Why Nerds are Unpopular," February 2003
“I never practice, I always play.”
Time 1 December 1952
