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I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Thinking
Pushed
Privileged
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Anyone
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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.
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Living had little use for me other than how it could be funneled into dance.
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A young person has to start making decisions for themselves at a much earlier age than an overbearing parent allows one.
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Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that.
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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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I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot.
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In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.
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Concentrate: you can't have it all.
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When it all comes together, a creative life has the nourishing power we normally associate with food, love and faith.
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Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale it's for engineers trying to solve a problem it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.
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Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better.
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Dancers are allowed, indeed encouraged, to remain children forever.
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Whether or not God has kissed your brow, you still have to work. Without learning and preparation, you won't know how to harness the power of that kiss.
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There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do.
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In creative endeavors luck is a skill.
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I read for growth, firmly believing that what you are today and what you will be in five years depends on two things: the people you meet and the books you read.
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More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.
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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.
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