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The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex.

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Art
Fifties
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I'm often asked, 'Where do you get your ideas?' ...It's like asking, 'Where do you find air to breathe?' Ideas are all around you.
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Later in life, one of the compensations is gliding effortlessly into focus in a thing. Since it is who we are, anything that is not the focus or supportive thereof is just not us. Even outside issues, when they arise, are interesting in that they only help define the focus more clearly.
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Men and women are very different athletes, and frankly, I didn't want to deal with the male potential.
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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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It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
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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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In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life.
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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 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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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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This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.
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Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill.
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While most people in the arts think they have to be constantly looking forward to be edgy and creative....the real secret of creativity is to go back and remember.
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Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.
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Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.
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I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.
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Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that.
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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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The disasteris not the money, although the money will be missed. The disaster is the disrespect--this belief that the arts are dispensable, that they're not critical to a culture's existence.
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