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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.
Twyla Tharp
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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.
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I have to feel that each thing I've learned I can push to another point next time. I'm not very good with repetition. I would rather not work than feel that repetition is the order of the day.
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I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender stereotypes.
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Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it.
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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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The more you know, the better you can imagine.
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I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.
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Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.
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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. That's it in a nutshell ... In order to be creative you have to know how to prepare to be creative.
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I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.
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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 write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I like to be able to think in different modes. I like to be able to use the language a great deal and carry on rehearsals in French.
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I think of music as fuel, its spectrum of energy governed by tempi, volume, and heart.
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The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex.
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I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
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Our guys have a vision of something bigger.
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As people who have commitments and obligations, we try to blockade emotions and go on our course towards excellence, and that's a lie. I've definitely paid a price. Everything is an exchange.
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Without the little ideas, there are no big ideas.
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Living had little use for me other than how it could be funneled into dance.
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