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Twyla Tharp quotes: I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching. I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Creativity is an act of defiance. Creativity is an act of defiance.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Concentrate: you can't have it all. Concentrate: you can't have it all.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Art is an investigation. Art is an investigation.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I do not watch television, never have. I do not watch television, never have.
Twyla Tharp quotes: We want our artists to take the mundane materials of our lives, run it through their imaginations, and surprise us. We want our artists to take the mundane materials of our lives, run it through their imaginations, and surprise us.
Twyla Tharp quotes: A dancer's life is all about repetition. A dancer's life is all about repetition.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me. I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Without passion, all the skill in world won't lift you above your craft Without passion, all the skill in world won't lift you above your craft
Twyla Tharp quotes: I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla. I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I was interested in becoming a show dancer, for which I tried, but I'm not tall enough. I was interested in becoming a show dancer, for which I tried, but I'm not tall enough.
Twyla Tharp quotes: You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So should you. You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So should you.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I find the aesthetics of the 20th century hopelessly barren. I find the aesthetics of the 20th century hopelessly barren.
Twyla Tharp quotes: When I was a kid, the avant-garde to me was boring because it was just the flip side of being really successful. When I was a kid, the avant-garde to me was boring because it was just the flip side of being really successful.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Failing, and learning from it, is necessary. Unil you've done it, you're missing an important piece of your creative arsenal. Failing, and learning from it, is necessary. Unil you've done it, you're missing an important piece of your creative arsenal.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business. Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Alone is a fact, a condition where no one else is around. Lonely is how you feel about that. Alone is a fact, a condition where no one else is around. Lonely is how you feel about that.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Every dance I make is a dive into this well of ancient memory. Every dance I make is a dive into this well of ancient memory.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I'm not satisfied sitting in just the world of abstract work. I'm not satisfied sitting in just the world of abstract work.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I've read probably 25 or 30 books by Balzac, all of Tolstoy - the novels and letters - and all of Dickens. I learned my craft from these guys. I've read probably 25 or 30 books by Balzac, all of Tolstoy - the novels and letters - and all of Dickens. I learned my craft from these guys.
Twyla Tharp quotes: There are as many forms of memory as there are ways of perceiving, and every one of them is worth mining for inspiration. There are as many forms of memory as there are ways of perceiving, and every one of them is worth mining for inspiration.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't. I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody. I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.
Twyla Tharp quotes: If you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives. If you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives.
Twyla Tharp quotes: If I didn't believe in myself as a dancer, I wouldn't choreograph. If I didn't believe in myself as a dancer, I wouldn't choreograph.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women. I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill. Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Remember this when you're struggling for a big idea. You're much better off scratching for a small one. Remember this when you're struggling for a big idea. You're much better off scratching for a small one.
Twyla Tharp quotes: The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts. The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.
Twyla Tharp quotes: The routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightening bold of inspiration, maybe more. And this routine is available to everyone. The routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightening bold of inspiration, maybe more. And this routine is available to everyone.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart. I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.
Twyla Tharp quotes: The ultimate point of a piece for me is that it drives the next one. Does it open new doors? That's the success of a piece. The ultimate point of a piece for me is that it drives the next one. Does it open new doors? That's the success of a piece.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Kids should be encouraged to compete. Kids should be encouraged to compete.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days. I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.
Twyla Tharp quotes: The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language. The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.
Twyla Tharp quotes: The more you fail in private, the less you will fail in public. The more you fail in private, the less you will fail in public.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Dancers are allowed, indeed encouraged, to remain children forever ... Dancers are allowed, indeed encouraged, to remain children forever ...
Twyla Tharp quotes: I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it. I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.
Twyla Tharp quotes: By making the start of the sequence automatic, they replace doubt and fear with comfort and routine. By making the start of the sequence automatic, they replace doubt and fear with comfort and routine.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I understand things that are American, for better or worse. I understand things that are American, for better or worse.
Twyla Tharp quotes: The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing. The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit. Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place. I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place.
Twyla Tharp quotes: My father always said, 'I don't care if you're a ditch digger, as long as you're the best ditch digger in the world.' My father always said, 'I don't care if you're a ditch digger, as long as you're the best ditch digger in the world.'
Twyla Tharp quotes: Walt Disney was a master of the human psychology. His sense of timing, sense of speed. In a sense, those cartoons are like Rorschach tests. Walt Disney was a master of the human psychology. His sense of timing, sense of speed. In a sense, those cartoons are like Rorschach tests.
Twyla Tharp quotes: This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid. This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Reading is your first line of defense against an empty head. Reading is your first line of defense against an empty head.
Twyla Tharp quotes: My dancers expect me to deliver because my choreography represents their livelihood. My dancers expect me to deliver because my choreography represents their livelihood.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Energy and time are finite resources; conserving them is very important. Energy and time are finite resources; conserving them is very important.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great. Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.
Twyla Tharp quotes: The more you know, the better you can imagine. The more you know, the better you can imagine.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Usually kids who are talented have the brashness to think they can do anything, but they don't often get the chance to see how close they can come. Usually kids who are talented have the brashness to think they can do anything, but they don't often get the chance to see how close they can come.
Twyla Tharp quotes: In creative endeavors luck is a skill. In creative endeavors luck is a skill.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I've always felt compelled to explore range, because, as far as I know, we're only here once. So let's see how much we can encompass. I've always felt compelled to explore range, because, as far as I know, we're only here once. So let's see how much we can encompass.
Twyla Tharp quotes: If you're speaking of love, you really must include the element of uncertainty - and perhaps it's best approached as the art of constant maintenance. If you're speaking of love, you really must include the element of uncertainty - and perhaps it's best approached as the art of constant maintenance.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender stereotypes. I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender stereotypes.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Milos Forman is a great director, Jim Brooks is a wonderful writer and director. Milos Forman is a great director, Jim Brooks is a wonderful writer and director.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift. I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.
Twyla Tharp quotes: We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one. We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has. Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has.
Twyla Tharp quotes: We're a machine and we have to be worked in the same way we have to be fed. We're a machine and we have to be worked in the same way we have to be fed.
Twyla Tharp quotes: What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about. What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Men and women are very different athletes, and frankly, I didn't want to deal with the male potential. Men and women are very different athletes, and frankly, I didn't want to deal with the male potential.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Too much planning implies you've got it all under control. That's boring, unrealistic, and dangerous. Too much planning implies you've got it all under control. That's boring, unrealistic, and dangerous.
Twyla Tharp quotes: You can keep on chewing gum for ten hours, but after about a minute and a half you've got all the good out of it. You can keep on chewing gum for ten hours, but after about a minute and a half you've got all the good out of it.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Dance is just like film in that it allows for thoughts in movement. Dance is just like film in that it allows for thoughts in movement.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms. Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms.
Twyla Tharp quotes: This is the strange thing: Dancers don't age. This is the strange thing: Dancers don't age.
Twyla Tharp quotes: You either entertain an audience or you don't. You either entertain an audience or you don't.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Nothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I'll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way. Nothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I'll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Art is running away without ever leaving home. Art is running away without ever leaving home.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources. Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent. I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact. I'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact.
Twyla Tharp quotes: There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do. There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do.
Twyla Tharp quotes: You can only generate ideas when you put pencil to paper, brush to canvas ... when you actually do something physical. You can only generate ideas when you put pencil to paper, brush to canvas ... when you actually do something physical.
Twyla Tharp quotes: The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it. The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it.
Twyla Tharp quotes: When the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life. When the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do. I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box
Twyla Tharp quotes: Life is about moving, it's about change. And when things stop doing that they're dead. Life is about moving, it's about change. And when things stop doing that they're dead.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Let me put it this way: I would like to direct a successful film. An unsuccessful film I would not like to direct. Films are very difficult. Let me put it this way: I would like to direct a successful film. An unsuccessful film I would not like to direct. Films are very difficult.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I'm not interested in seeing dance die. It's not to my advantage. Nor is it to our culture's advantage or anybody else's. I'm not interested in seeing dance die. It's not to my advantage. Nor is it to our culture's advantage or anybody else's.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly. I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly.
Twyla Tharp quotes: In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything. In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don't have desire as a modern dancer, forget it. Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don't have desire as a modern dancer, forget it.
Twyla Tharp quotes: To embrace luck, you have to enhance your tolerance for ambiguity. To embrace luck, you have to enhance your tolerance for ambiguity.
Twyla Tharp quotes: It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience. It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.
Twyla Tharp quotes: We don't need to illustrate music; music illustrates itself. We don't need to illustrate music; music illustrates itself.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury. I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Counterpoint is a component that gives real energy, and it is about optimism. Counterpoint is a component that gives real energy, and it is about optimism.
Twyla Tharp quotes: A commission is an invitation to fall in love. A commission is an invitation to fall in love.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Limits are a secret blessing, and bounty can be a curse. Limits are a secret blessing, and bounty can be a curse.
Twyla Tharp quotes: When I look at the people who are the guiding figures in modern dance, I think, 'This does not look to me like the way I want to spend my When I look at the people who are the guiding figures in modern dance, I think, 'This does not look to me like the way I want to spend my days.'
Twyla Tharp quotes: Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that. Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that.
Twyla Tharp quotes: Balzac loved courtesans. They were independent women, and in the 19th century, that was a breed that was just evolving. Balzac loved courtesans. They were independent women, and in the 19th century, that was a breed that was just evolving.
Twyla Tharp quotes: I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected. I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.
Twyla Tharp quotes: You don't have a really good idea until you combine two little ideas. You don't have a really good idea until you combine two little ideas.

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