Noun
The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book. Carson McCullers
Legislation is a matter of more or less intelligent improvisation aiming at palliating conditions by means of patchwork policies. John Dewey
Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes. Chuck Mangione
Improvisation is a compositional method. Evan Parker
Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language. Evan Parker
I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic musical background. I suppose I'm blessed and cursed by the fact I have that freedom. Anthony Hopkins