Top Quotes of Twyla Tharp
- “Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you’ll learn to do it better.” – Twyla Tharp
- “In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything” – Twyla Tharp
- “Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.” – Twyla Tharp
- “You can only generate ideas when you put pencil to paper, brush to canvas… when you actually do something physical.” – Twyla Tharp
- “A commission is an invitation to fall in love.” – Twyla Tharp
- “We don’t need to illustrate music; music illustrates itself.” – Twyla Tharp
- “Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.” – Twyla Tharp
Top Quotes of Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp Quotes about Art
Twyla Tharp’s Quotes on Brain and Business
Dance Quotes of Twyla Tharp
Quotes about Dancer and Discipline by Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp Quotes about Art
Art is an investigation.
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Art is running away without ever leaving home.
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Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
Twyla Tharp
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.
Twyla Tharp
Creativity is an act of defiance.
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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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I’m not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn’t.
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Metaphor is the lifeblood of all art.
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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.
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Twyla Tharp’s Quotes on Brain and Business
When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can’t simulate in a sedentary position.
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Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.
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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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Dance Quotes of Twyla Tharp
A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I’m beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things
Twyla Tharp
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home
Twyla Tharp
Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that.
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Dance is just like film in that it allows for thoughts in movement.
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Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms.
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Dance is the stepchild of the arts.
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Dancers are allowed, indeed encouraged, to remain children forever.
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Dancing is like bank robbery, it takes split-second timing.
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I always, somehow, knew that I was going to dance.
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I do everything I know how in a dance.
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If I didn’t believe in myself as a dancer, I wouldn’t choreograph.
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It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.
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It’s very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer
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The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing.
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What we want from modern dance is courage and audacity.
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Quotes about Dancer and Discipline by Twyla Tharp
A dancer’s life is all about repetition.
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This is the strange thing: Dancers don’t age.
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Everyone has a talent. It’s simply a question of good discipline, of the good fortune to have an education that meshes with that talent, and a lot of luck.
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Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit.
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You don’t get into the mood to create – it’s discipline.
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