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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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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.
Twyla Tharp
Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.
Twyla Tharp
Skill is how you close the gap between what you can see in your mind's eye and what you can produce the more skill you have, the more sophisticated and accomplished your ideas can be. With absolute skill comes absolute confidence.
Twyla Tharp
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!
Twyla Tharp
If you're speaking of love, you really must include the element of uncertainty - and perhaps it's best approached as the art of constant maintenance.
Twyla Tharp
The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it.
Twyla Tharp
It's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
Twyla Tharp
Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit.
Twyla Tharp
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.
Twyla Tharp
Without the little ideas, there are no big ideas.
Twyla Tharp
I think of music as fuel, its spectrum of energy governed by tempi, volume, and heart.
Twyla Tharp
The formal education that I received made little sense to me.
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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.
Twyla Tharp
Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.
Twyla Tharp
We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.
Twyla Tharp
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.
Twyla Tharp
That's what improvising is like for me. There's no tollbooth between my impulse and my action.
Twyla Tharp
By making the start of the sequence automatic, they replace doubt and fear with comfort and routine.
Twyla Tharp
Don’t sign on for more problems than you must. Resist the temptation to involve yourself in other people’s zones of expertise and responsibility. Monitor troublesome situations if you need to, but don’t insert yourself unless you’re running out of time and a solution is nowhere in sight. In short, stifle your inner control freak.
Twyla Tharp
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.
Twyla Tharp