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I think of music as fuel, its spectrum of energy governed by tempi, volume, and heart.
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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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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I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.
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I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.
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The formal education that I received made little sense to me.
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I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.
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I had received my first establishment grants in response to applications filed the year before. To the pages of baffling forms I had simply attached a handwritten note saying, 'I make dances, not applications. Send the money. Love, Twyla.
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That's what improvising is like for me. There's no tollbooth between my impulse and my action.
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Never worry that rote exercises aimed at developing skills will suffocate creativity. At the same time, it's important to recognize that demonstrating great technique is not the same as being creative.
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