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Creativity is more about taking the facts, fictions, and feelings we store away and finding new ways to connect them.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Taking
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Fictions
Ways
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Feelings
Connect
Facts
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Away
Findings
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Creativity

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There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate.
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This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.
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In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.
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Creativity is an act of defiance.
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Energy and time are finite resources conserving them is very important.
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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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Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box
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I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your imagination. Real excitement produces an energy that overcomes apprehension and makes you want to close in on your goal.
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