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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.
Twyla Tharp
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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
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Portland
Indiana
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Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit.
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I had always seen myself as a star I wanted to be a galaxy.
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The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.
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Whether it's a painter finding his way each morning to the easel, or a medical researcher returning daily to the laboratory, the routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightning bolt of inspiration, maybe more.
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Modern dancers should be doing things no one else is doing, and it should come from the gut.
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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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