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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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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
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Indiana
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Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.
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I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot.
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In creative endeavors luck is a skill.
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What I do remember is visualization of the sound of music, seeing bodies in movement in relation to how music sounded, because my mother practiced at the keyboard a lot and I also went to her lessons. As a two year old, three year old I remember seeing things in movement.
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Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.
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I do everything I know how in a dance.
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In the end all collaborations are love stories.
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The routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightening bold of inspiration, maybe more. And this routine is available to everyone.
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The notion of the hero as outsider, as alien, is forget it, over, done with. It's not about being against society anymore. It's about standing there, holding something up. It's not pulling away.
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I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
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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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I'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact.
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There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate.
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if you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives.
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There's a paradox in the notion that creativity should be a habit. We think of creativity as a way of keeping everything fresh and new, while habit implies routine and repetition. That paradox intrigues me because it occupies the place where creativity and skill rub up against each other.
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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 think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night.
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Limits are a secret blessing, and bounty can be a curse.
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My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching.
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dance is simply the refinement of human movement - walking, running, and jumping. We are all experts. There should be no art form more accessible than dance, yet no art is more mystifying in the public imagination.
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