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The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Going
People
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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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I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.
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Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better.
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I'm a known reader. That's what I do with my time.
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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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I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.
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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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Perfect practice makes perfect.
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I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your imagination. Real excitement produces an energy that overcomes apprehension and makes you want to close in on your goal.
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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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By making the start of the sequence automatic, they replace doubt and fear with comfort and routine.
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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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Living had little use for me other than how it could be funneled into dance.
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Usually kids who are talented have the brashness to think they can do anything, but they don't often get the chance to see how close they can come.
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I'm often asked, 'Where do you get your ideas?' ...It's like asking, 'Where do you find air to breathe?' Ideas are all around you.
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I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand.
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The formal education that I received made little sense to me.
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I do everything I know how in a dance.
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Everyone has a talent. It's simply a question of good discipline, of the good fortune to have an education that meshes with that talent, and a lot of luck.
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