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The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no apparent or definable end in sight.

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
Creative
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I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do.
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I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention.
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