--- title: "28 Way Quotes By Twyla Tharp" description: "28 Way quotes by Twyla Tharp. Plus more from Twyla Tharp and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/twyla-tharp-1069_different_ultimately-there-is-no-such-thing-as-fai_2873101.png" --- > [Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/ultimately-there-is-no-such-thing-as-failure-there-are-lessons/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/twyla-tharp-1069_different_ultimately-there-is-no-such-thing-as-fai_2873101.png) > [The only way to know the truth of a movement is to do it on your own body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/the-only-way-to-know-the-truth-of-a-movement-is-to-do-it-on-your-own/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/twyla-tharp-1069_body_the-only-way-to-know-the-truth-of-a-move_3052632.png) > [When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/when-you-stimulate-your-body-your-brain-comes-alive-in-ways-you-can-t/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/twyla-tharp-1069_alive_when-you-stimulate-your-body-your-brain_1529519.png) > [We're a machine and we have to be worked in the same way we have to be fed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/we-re-a-machine-and-we-have-to-be-worked-in-the-same-way-we-have-to/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e6/twyla-tharp-1069_computers_we-re-a-machine-and-we-have-to-be-worked_547202.png) > [Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/art-is-the-only-way-to-run-away-without-leaving-home/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f6/twyla-tharp-1069_art_art-is-the-only-way-to-run-away-without_640830.png) > [Unfortunately, I think we've probably all had the experience that if we're in a relationship where one of the partners is doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/unfortunately-i-think-we-ve-probably-all-had-the-experience-that-if/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3d/twyla-tharp-1069_doing_unfortunately-i-think-we-ve-probably-all_609739.png) > [I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-ve-always-found-it-necessity-to-strip-away-everything-but-the-most/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/twyla-tharp-1069_always_i-ve-always-found-it-necessity-to-strip_192465.png) > [Nothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I'll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/nothing-is-more-terrifying-to-me-really-than-the-status-quo-i-ll-make/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/887/twyla-tharp-1069_before_nothing-is-more-terrifying-to-me-really_602186.png) > [When I look at the people who are the guiding figures in modern dance, I think, 'This does not look to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/when-i-look-at-the-people-who-are-the-guiding-figures-in-modern-dance/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/916/twyla-tharp-1069_dance_when-i-look-at-the-people-who-are-the-gu_1203523.png) > [There are as many forms of memory as there are ways of perceiving, and every one of them is worth mining for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/there-are-as-many-forms-of-memory-as-there-are-ways-of-perceiving-and/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/twyla-tharp-1069_form_there-are-as-many-forms-of-memory-as-the_2668510.png) > [When I say I can see through clothes, sometimes I try to use it as an X-ray vision to look into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/when-i-say-i-can-see-through-clothes-sometimes-i-try-to-use-it-as-an/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/twyla-tharp-1069_clothes_when-i-say-i-can-see-through-clothes-som_2266243.png) > [The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/the-ballet-needs-to-tell-its-own-story-in-such-a-way-it-can-be/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/twyla-tharp-1069_ballet_the-ballet-needs-to-tell-its-own-story-i_1699140.png) > [Let me put it this way: I would like to direct a successful film. An unsuccessful film I would not like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/let-me-put-it-this-way-i-would-like-to-direct-a-successful-film-an/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/twyla-tharp-1069_cinema_let-me-put-it-this-way-i-would-like-to-d_1088778.png) > [I also had a will that let me eliminate everything that stood in the way of my becoming the best dancer I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-also-had-a-will-that-let-me-eliminate-everything-that-stood-in-the/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5a/twyla-tharp-1069_becoming_i-also-had-a-will-that-let-me-eliminate_1023981.png) > [To survive, you've got to keep wheedling your way. You can't just sit there and fight against odds when it's not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/to-survive-you-ve-got-to-keep-wheedling-your-way-you-can-t-just-sit/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/twyla-tharp-1069_against_to-survive-you-ve-got-to-keep-wheedling_2588780.png) > [There's a paradox in the notion that creativity should be a habit. We think of creativity as a way of keeping everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/there-s-a-paradox-in-the-notion-that-creativity-should-be-a-habit-we/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/twyla-tharp-1069_creativity_there-s-a-paradox-in-the-notion-that-cre_864309.png) > [It's vital to establish some rituals-automatic but decisive patterns of behavior-at the beginning of the creative process, when you are most at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/it-s-vital-to-establish-some-rituals-automatic-but-decisive-patterns/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/twyla-tharp-1069_behavior_it-s-vital-to-establish-some-rituals-aut_668763.png) > [When creativity has become your habit; when you've learned to manage time, resources, expectations, and the demands of others; when you understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/when-creativity-has-become-your-habit-when-you-ve-learned-to-manage/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/twyla-tharp-1069_achievement_when-creativity-has-become-your-habit-wh_2684362.png) > [Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/creativity-is-not-just-for-artists-it-s-for-businesspeople-looking/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daf/twyla-tharp-1069_art_creativity-is-not-just-for-artists-it-s_216505.jpg) > [Whether it's a painter finding his way each morning to the easel, or a medical researcher returning daily to the laboratory, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/whether-it-s-a-painter-finding-his-way-each-morning-to-the-easel-or-a/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/twyla-tharp-1069_bolts_whether-it-s-a-painter-finding-his-way-e_2800701.png) > [Creativity is more about taking the facts, fictions, and feelings we store away and finding new ways to connect them. What we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/creativity-is-more-about-taking-the-facts-fictions-and-feelings-we-2/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/twyla-tharp-1069_art_creativity-is-more-about-taking-the-fact_3166476.jpg) > [The way I enjoyed spending time most was dancing. That's from the time I was a very small child, When I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/the-way-i-enjoyed-spending-time-most-was-dancing-that-s-from-the-time/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/twyla-tharp-1069_children_the-way-i-enjoyed-spending-time-most-was_1956540.png) > [To make real change, you have to be well anchored - not only in the belief that it can be done, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/to-make-real-change-you-have-to-be-well-anchored-not-only-in-the/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/twyla-tharp-1069_belief_to-make-real-change-you-have-to-be-well_2664557.png) > [I'm obviously always interested in the dancer who's an athlete and vice versa. I expect dancers to be in condition like an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-m-obviously-always-interested-in-the-dancer-who-s-an-athlete-and/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/twyla-tharp-1069_always_i-m-obviously-always-interested-in-the-d_910519.png) > [I was fortunate to love men, so I could put them on stage and make roles for them, and move through their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-was-fortunate-to-love-men-so-i-could-put-them-on-stage-and-make/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/twyla-tharp-1069_body_i-was-fortunate-to-love-men-so-i-could-p_385540.png) > [Creativity is more about taking the facts, fictions, and feelings we store away and finding new ways to connect them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/creativity-is-more-about-taking-the-facts-fictions-and-feelings-we/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/twyla-tharp-1069_creativity_creativity-is-more-about-taking-the-fact_166638.png) > [I've always had to keep the walls in place, and the only way to do that is to keep yourself constantly occupied...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-ve-always-had-to-keep-the-walls-in-place-and-the-only-way-to-do/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/twyla-tharp-1069_college_i-ve-always-had-to-keep-the-walls-in-pla_2659872.png) > [Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/obligation-is-a-flimsy-base-for-creativity-way-down-the-list-behind/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/twyla-tharp-1069_behinds_obligation-is-a-flimsy-base-for-creativi_400215.png) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Twyla Tharp > [“A lot of habitually creative people have preparation rituals linked to the setting in which they choose to start their day. By putting themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/a-lot-of-habitually-creative-people-have-preparation-rituals-linked/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-have-learned-over-the-years-that-you-should-never-save-for-two/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-always-find-that-the-best-collaborations-are-when-you-work-with/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-don-t-mean-this-but-i-m-going-to-say-it-anyway-i-don-t-really-think/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/the-art-of-these-fifties-movies-was-in-sustaining-forever-the-moment/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/this-is-not-a-pleasant-route-for-many-young-people-to-consider-you/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-often-say-that-in-making-dances-i-can-make-a-world-where-i-think/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [I had received my first establishment grants in response to applications filed the year before. To the pages of baffling forms I had simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-had-received-my-first-establishment-grants-in-response-to/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [I find the aesthetics of the 20th century hopelessly barren.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-find-the-aesthetics-of-the-20th-century-hopelessly-barren/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-don-t-think-that-scheduling-is-uncreative-i-think-that-structure-is/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-have-always-felt-one-of-the-things-dance-should-do-its-business/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/there-really-is-nothing-i-ever-had-access-to-that-i-didn-t-appreciate/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [Destiny, quite often, is a determined parent. Mozart was hardly some naive prodigy who sat down at the keyboard and, with God whispering in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/destiny-quite-often-is-a-determined-parent-mozart-was-hardly-some/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [When it all comes together, a creative life has the nourishing power we normally associate with food, love and faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/when-it-all-comes-together-a-creative-life-has-the-nourishing-power/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) > [Things change all the time, so why do people make such a philosophical to-do that things are constantly in transition?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/things-change-all-the-time-so-why-do-people-make-such-a-philosophical/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/twyla-tharp/#itemlist", "name": "28 Way Quotes By Twyla Tharp", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. 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