Improvisation can be either a last resort or an established way of evoking creativity.
Mary Catherine BatesonWhen parents die, all of the partings of the past are reevoked with the realization that this time they will not return.
Mary Catherine BatesonWe do not need to understand other people and their customs fully to interact with them and learn in the process; it is making the effort to interact without knowing all the rules, improvising certain situations, which allows us to grow.
Mary Catherine BatesonThere are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.
Mary Catherine Bateson