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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
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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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I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.
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Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.
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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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Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them.
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I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.
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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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Creativity is an act of defiance.
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