Twyla Tharp Quotes
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More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you…
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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.
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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits. That's it in a nutshell ... In order to be…
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The irony of multitasking is that it's exhausting: when you're doing two or three things simultaneously, you use more energy than the sum of energy…
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No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding.…
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The routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightening bold of inspiration, maybe more. And this routine is available to…
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Everything that happens in my day is a transaction between the external world and my internal world. Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything…
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There's a paradox in the notion that creativity should be a habit. We think of creativity as a way of keeping everything fresh and new,…
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Art is running away without ever leaving home.
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In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.
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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 peril of turning…
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Never worry that rote exercises aimed at developing skills will suffocate creativity. At the same time, it's important to recognize that demonstrating great technique is…
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It takes skill to bring something you've imagined into the world: to use words to create believable lives, to select the colors and textures of…
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Confidence is a trait that has to be earned honestly and refreshed constantly; you have to work as hard to protect your skills as you…
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The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.
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Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Â Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you…
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The more you know, the better you can imagine.
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But obligation, I eventually saw, is not the same as commitment, and it's certainly not an acceptable reason to stick with something that isn't working
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We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.
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I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one.
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