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There are as many forms of memory as there are ways of perceiving, and every one of them is worth mining for inspiration.

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
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In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.
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More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.
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Usually kids who are talented have the brashness to think they can do anything, but they don't often get the chance to see how close they can come.
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I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.
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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'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.
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Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.
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I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women.
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Everyone has a talent. It's simply a question of good discipline, of the good fortune to have an education that meshes with that talent, and a lot of luck.
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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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Nobody likes to see that which they've invested in disappear from the face of the earth before they've even died. This is not cool. We can now see what the landmarks, in fact are.
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Alone is a fact, a condition where no one else is around. Lonely is how you feel about that.
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I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your imagination. Real excitement produces an energy that overcomes apprehension and makes you want to close in on your goal.
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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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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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The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex.
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You don't have a really good idea until you combine two little ideas.
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In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.
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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.
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The more you know, the better you can imagine.
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