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Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Artist
Running
Away
Art
Home
Music
Witty
Without
Leaving
Way
Dance

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Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.
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What I do remember is visualization of the sound of music, seeing bodies in movement in relation to how music sounded, because my mother practiced at the keyboard a lot and I also went to her lessons. As a two year old, three year old I remember seeing things in movement.
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The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.
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The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it.
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I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.
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Every work of art needs a spine – an underlying theme, a motive for coming into existence. It doesn't have to be apparent to the audience. But you need it at the start of the creative process to guide you and keep you going.
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Nobody likes to see that which they've invested in disappear from the face of the earth before they've even died. This is not cool. We can now see what the landmarks, in fact are.
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There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate.
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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.
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In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.
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The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.
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There are so few people who can really take hold of art and sort of eat and chew it up. Somehow it's got to be held special, sacred in a corner, and if you don't do the same thing with it, if you're not equally reverential, serious, and pompous about it, well, then you're not a great artist. Who needs that?
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I had always seen myself as a star I wanted to be a galaxy.
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In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life.
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I'm often asked, 'Where do you get your ideas?' ...It's like asking, 'Where do you find air to breathe?' Ideas are all around you.
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I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender stereotypes.
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I write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I like to be able to think in different modes. I like to be able to use the language a great deal and carry on rehearsals in French.
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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.
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Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.
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This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.
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