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The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Fundamentals
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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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The formal education that I received made little sense to me.
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The more you know, the better you can imagine.
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Art is running away without ever leaving home.
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