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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.

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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Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.
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I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.
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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 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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I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
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The routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightening bold of inspiration, maybe more. And this routine is available to everyone.
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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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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 more you know, the better you can imagine.
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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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Later in life, one of the compensations is gliding effortlessly into focus in a thing. Since it is who we are, anything that is not the focus or supportive thereof is just not us. Even outside issues, when they arise, are interesting in that they only help define the focus more clearly.
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Creativity is an act of defiance.
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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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I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention.
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In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.....A lot of habitually creative people have preparation rituals linked to the setting in which they choose to start their day. By putting themselves into that environment, they begin their creative day.
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A young person has to start making decisions for themselves at a much earlier age than an overbearing parent allows one.
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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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dance is simply the refinement of human movement - walking, running, and jumping. We are all experts. There should be no art form more accessible than dance, yet no art is more mystifying in the public imagination.
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I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.
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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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