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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.
Twyla Tharp
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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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Metaphor is the lifeblood of all art.
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You can keep on chewing gum for ten hours, but after about a minute and a half you've got all the good out of it.
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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 am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone's exhausted. Get focused, do it!
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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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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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Every dance I make is a dive into this well of ancient memory.
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I walk into a large white room. It's a dance studio in midtown Manhattan. The room is clean, virtually spotless if you don’t count the thousands of skid marks and footprints left there by dancers rehearsing. Other than the mirrors, the boom box, the skid marks, and me, the room is empty.
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I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.
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The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.
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We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.
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