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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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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
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Writer
Portland
Indiana
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Failing, and learning from it, is necessary. Unil you've done it, you're missing an important piece of your creative arsenal.
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Concentrate: you can't have it all.
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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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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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We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.
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Metaphor is the lifeblood of all art.
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Limits are a secret blessing, and bounty can be a curse.
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Living had little use for me other than how it could be funneled into dance.
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Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.
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What I do remember is visualization of the sound of music, seeing bodies in movement in relation to how music sounded, because my mother practiced at the keyboard a lot and I also went to her lessons. As a two year old, three year old I remember seeing things in movement.
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It's vital to establish some rituals-automatic but decisive patterns of behavior-at the beginning of the creative process, when you are most at peril of turning back, chickening out, giving up, or going the wrong way.
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Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.
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Generosity is luck going in the opposite direction, away from you. If you're generous to someone, if you do something to help him out, you are in effect making him lucky. This is important. It's like inviting yourself into a community of good fortune.
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Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.
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The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.
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I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place.
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Perfect practice makes perfect.
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When I'm in the studio, when I'm warm, when I'm what people call improvising, I feel a very special connection. I feel the most right. I don't want to become too mystic about this, but things feel as though they're in the best order at that particular moment.
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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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I work because I have issues and questions and feelings and thoughts that I want to have a look at. I'm not in need of, or wanting, particularly, to know what other folk are up to.
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