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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.

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 write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I like to be able to think in different modes. I like to be able to use the language a great deal and carry on rehearsals in French.
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My greatest fear in working is always the end. Lately I have taken to tricking myself into finishing by leaving a hole in the middle somewhere, then stitching the two pieces together - the Union Pacific approach.
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It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.
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when the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life.
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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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The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it.
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There are so few people who can really take hold of art and sort of eat and chew it up. Somehow it's got to be held special, sacred in a corner, and if you don't do the same thing with it, if you're not equally reverential, serious, and pompous about it, well, then you're not a great artist. Who needs that?
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I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.
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A commission is an invitation to fall in love.
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Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box
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Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.
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Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a prize you’ve won.
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When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.
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Perfect practice makes perfect.
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A dancer's life is all about repetition.
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There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.
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I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.
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I've always had to keep the walls in place, and the only way to do that is to keep yourself constantly occupied... From the time I was 8 years old, until I went to college, I worked... There was no social life.
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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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Usually kids who are talented have the brashness to think they can do anything, but they don't often get the chance to see how close they can come.
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