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You double your intensity with skill.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Double
Intensity
Skill
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I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.
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I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style.
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Creativity is more about taking the facts, fictions, and feelings we store away and finding new ways to connect them.
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The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.
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I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.
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You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.
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The necessity to constantly turn in an excellent performance, to be absolutely wedded to this dedication and this ideal means that as a child you're going to pay for it personally.
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My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything. It was quite simple. There was no exclusivity, and there really was no judgment, which is a good thing for someone who still thinks of themselves as a very basic American.
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Creativity is an act of defiance.
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Our guys have a vision of something bigger.
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Just when you arrive at the apex of your skills, it's time to retire. But as it turned out, I decided that since it was the thing that I felt I did best, I owed it to all that be to pursue it.
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A commission is an invitation to fall in love.
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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.
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I can't emphasize this idea enough. Getting involved with your collaborator's problems almost always distracts you from your own. That can be tempting. That can be a relief. But it usually leads to disaster.
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The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it.
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It's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
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When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position.
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I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.
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I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.
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The more you know, the better you can imagine.
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