--- title: "14 You Quotes By Twyla Tharp" description: "14 You quotes by Twyla Tharp. Plus more from Twyla Tharp and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/twyla-tharp-1069_audience_you-either-entertain-an-audience-or-you_1310672.png" --- > [You either entertain an audience or you don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/you-either-entertain-an-audience-or-you-don-t/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/twyla-tharp-1069_audience_you-either-entertain-an-audience-or-you_1310672.png) > [People often say to me, 'I don't know anything about dance.' I say, 'Stop. You got up this morning, and you're walking.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/people-often-say-to-me-i-don-t-know-anything-about-dance-i-say-stop/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/twyla-tharp-1069_about_people-often-say-to-me-i-don-t-know-anyt_2103381.jpg) > [I don't hate language. I have my own language, but I also enjoy the English language. Obviously, you don't read a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-don-t-hate-language-i-have-my-own-language-but-i-also-enjoy-the/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/twyla-tharp-1069_about_i-don-t-hate-language-i-have-my-own-lang_3198012.png) > [My father always said, 'I don't care if you're a ditch digger, as long as you're the best ditch digger in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/my-father-always-said-i-don-t-care-if-you-re-a-ditch-digger-as-long/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/twyla-tharp-1069_always_my-father-always-said-i-don-t-care-if-yo_2340785.png) > [In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/in-the-not-for-profit-world-there-can-be-wastefulness-because-there-s/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/twyla-tharp-1069_clock_in-the-not-for-profit-world-there-can-be_2590045.png) > [You can only generate ideas when you put pencil to paper, brush to canvas... when you actually do something physical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/you-can-only-generate-ideas-when-you-put-pencil-to-paper-brush-to/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/twyla-tharp-1069_actually_you-can-only-generate-ideas-when-you-put_2515729.png) > [What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/what-is-music-about-you-can-t-listen-to-one-era-one-composer-and-know/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/twyla-tharp-1069_about_what-is-music-about-you-can-t-listen-to_2973759.png) > [Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don't have desire as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/desire-is-the-first-thing-a-modern-dancer-should-have-skill-can-be/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/327/twyla-tharp-1069_dance_desire-is-the-first-thing-a-modern-dance_3135923.png) > ['The Creative Habit' is basically about how you work alone, how you survive as a solitary artist. 'The Collaborative Habit' is obviously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/the-creative-habit-is-basically-about-how-you-work-alone-how-you/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a8/twyla-tharp-1069_about_the-creative-habit-is-basically-about-ho_254088.png) > [I used to say to myself, 'Well, in the old days everybody danced because they loved to dance, and there was none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-used-to-say-to-myself-well-in-the-old-days-everybody-danced-because/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/twyla-tharp-1069_about_i-used-to-say-to-myself-well-in-the-old_1477243.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) > [It's always a problem, getting the curtain in at the end of the first act; having enough of a resolve so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/it-s-always-a-problem-getting-the-curtain-in-at-the-end-of-the-first/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/twyla-tharp-1069_act_it-s-always-a-problem-getting-the-curtai_2730321.jpg) > [When I started thinking seriously about learning the rules of narrative, I thought, 'You've learned the rules of dancing from the ballet;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/when-i-started-thinking-seriously-about-learning-the-rules-of/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/twyla-tharp-1069_about_when-i-started-thinking-seriously-about_2121731.png) > [I always tell students that you've got to be practical. You do not need a dream. You need a purpose, something you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-always-tell-students-that-you-ve-got-to-be-practical-you-do-not/) [Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/twyla-tharp-1069_always_i-always-tell-students-that-you-ve-got-t_412157.png) ## Other authors on You ## 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/you/twyla-tharp/#itemlist", "name": "14 You Quotes By Twyla Tharp", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You either entertain an audience or you don't.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Twyla Tharp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/you-either-entertain-an-audience-or-you-don-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/twyla-tharp-1069_audience_you-either-entertain-an-audience-or-you_1310672.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/twyla-tharp-1069_audience_you-either-entertain-an-audience-or-you_1310672.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/twyla-tharp-1069_audience_you-either-entertain-an-audience-or-you_1310672.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You either entertain an audience or you don't.” — Twyla Tharp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People often say to me, 'I don't know anything about dance.' 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