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I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
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Writer
Portland
Indiana
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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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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.
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Skill is how you close the gap between what you can see in your mind's eye and what you can produce the more skill you have, the more sophisticated and accomplished your ideas can be. With absolute skill comes absolute confidence.
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I don't believe in rushing and saying this is done and over with. That form of rebellion doesn't make sense to me. I've always attempted to familiarize myself with the traditions, and consider that a responsibility of the artist.
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You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So should you.
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There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate.
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Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.
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I had always seen myself as a star I wanted to be a galaxy.
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That's what improvising is like for me. There's no tollbooth between my impulse and my action.
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