Twyla Tharp

I do not watch television, never have.

— Twyla Tharp

I repeat the wake-up, the workout, the quick shower, the breakfast of three hard-boiled egg whites and a cup of coffee, the…

— Twyla Tharp

I look for dancers who have all the technique in the world. But they must be dancers who are open-minded, who are…

— Twyla Tharp

I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women.

— Twyla Tharp

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

I began ear training when I was about six months old. My mother was a concert pianist, and she started all of…

— Twyla Tharp

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into…

— Twyla Tharp

You can keep on chewing gum for ten hours, but after about a minute and a half you've got all the good…

— Twyla Tharp

While most people in the arts think they have to be constantly looking forward to be edgy and creative....the real secret of…

— Twyla Tharp

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

The necessity to constantly turn in an excellent performance, to be absolutely wedded to this dedication and this ideal means that as…

— Twyla Tharp

You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his…

— Twyla Tharp

Easily acquired. Inexpensive. Perfectly functional. Portable. Identifiable. Disposable. Eternal enough. These are my criteria for the perfect storage system. And I’ve found…

— Twyla Tharp

“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

I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.

— Twyla Tharp

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

Schubert had arguably the same melodic gift as Mozart, but even less support. He didn't have the early exposure, never got to…

— Twyla Tharp

You're only kidding yourself if you put creativity before craft.

— Twyla Tharp

Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms.

— Twyla Tharp

To embrace luck, you have to enhance your tolerance for ambiguity.

— Twyla Tharp

You don't have a really good idea until you combine two little ideas.

— Twyla Tharp

I do everything I know how in a dance.

— Twyla Tharp

Creativity is an act of defiance.

— Twyla Tharp

There's this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer…

— Twyla Tharp

The formal education that I received made little sense to me.

— Twyla Tharp