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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.
Twyla Tharp
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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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You can keep on chewing gum for ten hours, but after about a minute and a half you've got all the good out of it.
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I’m much stronger than most women. Consequently, when I work with men, or when I’m partnered by men... We can actually go into kinds of movement that haven’t been available before, simply because I’ve strengthened myself as a woman, not because I’ve weakened him.
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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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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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The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.
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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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When creativity has become your habit when you've learned to manage time, resources, expectations, and the demands of others when you understand the value and place of validation, continuity, and purity of purpose, then you're on the way to an artist's ultimate goal the achievement of mastery.
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