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Martin de Maat Quotes

1949–2001 United States

Martin de Maat (12 January 1949 - 15 February 2001) was an improvisational comedy teacher and artistic director at The Second City.

United States
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13 quotes

No one will ever follow you down the street if you're carrying a banner that says, "Onward toward mediocrity."

A Conversation with Martin de Maat (1998)

You do not have the right to use this art form to feel inferior.

I think many of us go through our life not fully having permission to be who we are and what we're going to become.

A Conversation with Martin de Maat (1998)

You don't have permission to disrespect yourself.

The Mysterious Martin de Maat (2001)

Let’s try and create scenes that are about something... About something deeper than this ashtray.

You have the right to follow your dreams. I'm giving you permission to follow your dreams.

The Mysterious Martin de Maat (2001)

Each of us is unique, and if we don't respect that uniqueness, if we don't allow that which we are to surface, then the world doesn't have it.

A Conversation with Martin de Maat (1998)

The Hokey Pokey. Think about it. At the end of the song, what do we learn? What is it all about?... You put your whole self in!

I am giving you permission to succeed.

The Mysterious Martin de Maat (2001)

I don't give you permission to fail.

The Mysterious Martin de Maat (2001)

The base of the work is one of individuals believing in themselves, trusting themselves in the moment and being accepting of themselves and the people around them. In order to improvise in front of an audience, you have to be accepting, involved in the moment and courageous.

A Conversation with Martin de Maat (1998)

There's a lot of laughter that goes on. Since we're laughing together, we're true community. It's a very safe place to confront your fears. The minute somebody says, "Perform!" your fear comes up...

A Conversation with Martin de Maat (1998)

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.

A Conversation with Martin de Maat (1998)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Martin de Maat (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.