Quote

I'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact.

Twyla Tharp

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Keep
Intact
Tyrant
Regarded
Tyrants
Tyranny
Willing
Vision

More quotes by Twyla Tharp

Image
A young person has to start making decisions for themselves at a much earlier age than an overbearing parent allows one.
Twyla Tharp
Image
Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit.
Twyla Tharp
Image
In the end all collaborations are love stories.
Twyla Tharp
Image
I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.
Twyla Tharp
Image
I also had a will that let me eliminate everything that stood in the way of my becoming the best dancer I could be. By a gradual process... (I) had invested every bit of my dreams, my hopes, my energies in defining myself as a dancer.
Twyla Tharp
Image
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.
Twyla Tharp
Image
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.
Twyla Tharp
Image
I had always seen myself as a star I wanted to be a galaxy.
Twyla Tharp
Image
We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.
Twyla Tharp
Image
I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.
Twyla Tharp
Image
The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.
Twyla Tharp
Image
The more you know, the better you can imagine.
Twyla Tharp
Image
Creativity is an act of defiance.
Twyla Tharp
Image
It's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
Twyla Tharp
Image
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.
Twyla Tharp
Image
When I'm in the studio, when I'm warm, when I'm what people call improvising, I feel a very special connection. I feel the most right. I don't want to become too mystic about this, but things feel as though they're in the best order at that particular moment.
Twyla Tharp
Image
I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender stereotypes.
Twyla Tharp
Image
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.
Twyla Tharp
Image
You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.
Twyla Tharp
Image
Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better.
Twyla Tharp