Merce Cunningham Quotes

To improve is to change.

Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.

To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.

The first instrument is not the final instrument.

I think it's inevitable to evolve if we allow ourselves.

Sometimes you have to get rid of something that's good, and tinker with something that's better.

There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

The good thing is that life is sometimes a work in progress.

Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.

One of my greatest fears is not being able to change, to be caught in a never-ending cycle of sameness. Growth is so important.

The tendency of everyone is to evolve.

Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.

I'm really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.

So many people say that obviously my game has changed since I arrived here and I say that it's good that it changed, otherwise it would show a lack of intelligence.

Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.

Sometimes I think change is a good thing.

There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.

Every day I'm thinking about change.

Our proper business is improvement. Let our age be the age of improvement

I'm constantly surprised when people say, 'But you haven't changed!' It's like saying, 'You've got a wheel. Now why don't you make it a square?'

People change all the time.

Absolutely everything undergoes evolvement - whether it's technology, journalism, the NFL, medicine.

You grow older, you evolve.

I'm like the wine. The older I get, the better I get.