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Concentrate: you can't have it all.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Concentrate
Concentration

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Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.
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Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.
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Metaphor is the lifeblood of all art.
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If you're speaking of love, you really must include the element of uncertainty - and perhaps it's best approached as the art of constant maintenance.
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I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot.
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You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.
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Failing, and learning from it, is necessary. Unil you've done it, you're missing an important piece of your creative arsenal.
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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.
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Dancers are allowed, indeed encouraged, to remain children forever.
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With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances.
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Energy and time are finite resources conserving them is very important.
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Dancing is like bank robbery, it takes split-second timing.
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The more you fail in private, the less you will fail in public.
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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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Living had little use for me other than how it could be funneled into dance.
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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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I can't emphasize this idea enough. Getting involved with your collaborator's problems almost always distracts you from your own. That can be tempting. That can be a relief. But it usually leads to disaster.
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You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.
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The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.
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The more you know, the better you can imagine.
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