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There's this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer means anything.

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet, that the two disciplines were totally separate, and if you did one, you couldn’t do the other. I’m beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things.
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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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But obligation, I eventually saw, is not the same as commitment, and it's certainly not an acceptable reason to stick with something that isn't working
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The more you fail in private, the less you will fail in public.
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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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Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.
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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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This is the hard part. Knowing and admitting a problem are not the same as solving it. But executing a solution is also the fun part, because the solution save you and gets you moving again.
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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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The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it.
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when dancing is right, the movement possesss a logic common to us all, an inevitability that takes it beyond the personal and egocentric and makes of it classical art.
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I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly.
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There are as many forms of memory as there are ways of perceiving, and every one of them is worth mining for inspiration.
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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 was interested in becoming a show dancer, for which I tried, but I'm not tall enough.
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If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.
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The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.
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When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position.
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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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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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