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We're a machine and we have to be worked in the same way we have to be fed.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
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In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.
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You double your intensity with skill.
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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'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact.
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You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.
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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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Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.
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I had received my first establishment grants in response to applications filed the year before. To the pages of baffling forms I had simply attached a handwritten note saying, 'I make dances, not applications. Send the money. Love, Twyla.
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The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.
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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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We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.
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Art is running away without ever leaving home.
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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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The formal education that I received made little sense to me.
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I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.
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I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.
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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.
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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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Men and women are very different athletes, and frankly, I didn't want to deal with the male potential.
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I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention.
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