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I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
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My greatest fear in working is always the end. Lately I have taken to tricking myself into finishing by leaving a hole in the middle somewhere, then stitching the two pieces together - the Union Pacific approach.
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Just when you arrive at the apex of your skills, it's time to retire. But as it turned out, I decided that since it was the thing that I felt I did best, I owed it to all that be to pursue it.
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Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.
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Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill.
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Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.
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Every dance I make is a dive into this well of ancient memory.
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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 don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.
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I always, somehow, knew that I was going to dance.
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I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do.
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Skill is how you close the gap between what you can see in your mind's eye and what you can produce the more skill you have, the more sophisticated and accomplished your ideas can be. With absolute skill comes absolute confidence.
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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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I don't believe in rushing and saying this is done and over with. That form of rebellion doesn't make sense to me. I've always attempted to familiarize myself with the traditions, and consider that a responsibility of the artist.
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Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.
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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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With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances.
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dance is simply the refinement of human movement - walking, running, and jumping. We are all experts. There should be no art form more accessible than dance, yet no art is more mystifying in the public imagination.
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Alone is a fact, a condition where no one else is around. Lonely is how you feel about that.
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I had always seen myself as a star I wanted to be a galaxy.
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