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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.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
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Portland
Indiana
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I was interested in becoming a show dancer, for which I tried, but I'm not tall enough.
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To make real change, you have to be well anchored - not only in the belief that it can be done, but also in some pretty real ways about who you are and what you can do.
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I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women.
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In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.
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Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
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I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do.
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I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place.
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If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.
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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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Perfect practice makes perfect.
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You don't have a really good idea until you combine two little ideas.
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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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Concentrate: you can't have it all.
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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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Art is running away without ever leaving home.
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Whether or not God has kissed your brow, you still have to work. Without learning and preparation, you won't know how to harness the power of that kiss.
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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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I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style.
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I'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact.
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I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone's exhausted. Get focused, do it!
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