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Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Stop
Moving
Change
Things
Life
Dead

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Never worry that rote exercises aimed at developing skills will suffocate creativity. At the same time, it's important to recognize that demonstrating great technique is not the same as being creative.
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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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I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.
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I've always had to keep the walls in place, and the only way to do that is to keep yourself constantly occupied... From the time I was 8 years old, until I went to college, I worked... There was no social life.
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I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night.
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Creativity is an act of defiance.
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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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The way I enjoyed spending time most was dancing. That's from the time I was a very small child, When I was 4 or 5 years old, I remember already having a regime. It was the way I always identified myself.
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when the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life.
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In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them.
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I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.
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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.
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Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit.
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The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it.
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Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.
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That's what improvising is like for me. There's no tollbooth between my impulse and my action.
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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 understand things that are American, for better or worse.
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The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it.
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I had always seen myself as a star I wanted to be a galaxy.
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