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I began ear training when I was about six months old. My mother was a concert pianist, and she started all of her children with music before they were a year old. Then she began to see that I had a musical gift...

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
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I don't believe in rushing and saying this is done and over with. That form of rebellion doesn't make sense to me. I've always attempted to familiarize myself with the traditions, and consider that a responsibility of the artist.
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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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when dancing is right, the movement possesss a logic common to us all, an inevitability that takes it beyond the personal and egocentric and makes of it classical art.
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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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Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.
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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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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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I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
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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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Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit.
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Creativity is an act of defiance.
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Whether it's a painter finding his way each morning to the easel, or a medical researcher returning daily to the laboratory, the routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightning bolt of inspiration, maybe more.
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I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.
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Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale it's for engineers trying to solve a problem it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.
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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 feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.
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There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate.
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You double your intensity with skill.
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