I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Everything present is included in the past somewhere; nobody's present pops out of nowhere. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
when the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Just when you arrive at the apex of your skills, it's time to retire. But as it turned out, I decided that… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Things change all the time, so why do people make such a philosophical to-do that things are constantly in transition? — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I think that probably the moments of discovery do come from a place that is not totally organized. Order is something that… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Proust writes, he remembers, physically. He depends on his body to give him the information that will bring him to the past.… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
There's the tradition of the 19th-century ballets, and the 20th century has had a difficult time with that tradition. And it's had… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Well, Mozart is extraordinary not only in that he became virtuoso along the lines of his father, but that he had that… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Nobody worked harder than Mozart. By the time he was twenty-eight years old, his hands were deformed because of all the hours… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
“Sadly, some people never get beyond the box stage in their creative life. We all know people who have announced that they've… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Energy and time are finite resources; conserving them is very important. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I've always had to keep the walls in place, and the only way to do that is to keep yourself constantly occupied...… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
My favorite audience is everybody. I worked in a drive-in theater from the time I was 8 years old until I went… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
The way I enjoyed spending time most was dancing. That's from the time I was a very small child, When I was… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
When I say I can see through clothes, sometimes I try to use it as an X-ray vision to look into the… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
It's always a problem, getting the curtain in at the end of the first act; having enough of a resolve so that… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
When I started making dances in the '60s, narrative dance was sort of off the radar screen. What was important at the… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
When creativity has become your habit; when you've learned to manage time, resources, expectations, and the demands of others; when you understand… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
“A lot of habitually creative people have preparation rituals linked to the setting in which they choose to start their day. By putting themselves… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I had received my first establishment grants in response to applications filed the year before. To the pages of baffling forms I had simply… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
