Twyla Tharp Quotes

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• Destiny, quite often, is a determined parent. Mozart was hardly some naive prodigy who sat down at the keyboard and, with God whispering in his…
• A dancer's life is all about repetition.
• I can't emphasize this idea enough. Getting involved with your collaborator's problems almost always distracts you from your own. That can be tempting. That can…
• Whether or not God has kissed your brow, you still have to work. Without learning and preparation, you won't know how to harness the power…
• Don’t sign on for more problems than you must. Resist the temptation to involve yourself in other people’s zones of expertise and responsibility. Monitor troublesome…
• By making the start of the sequence automatic, they replace doubt and fear with comfort and routine.
• Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.
• Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill.
• When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position.
• In creative endeavors luck is a skill.
• Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.
• You only need one good reason to commit to an idea, not four hundred. But if you have four hundred reasons to say yes and…
• Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.
• Every work of art needs a spine – an underlying theme, a motive for coming into existence. It doesn't have to be apparent to the…
• In the end, there is no ideal condition for creativity. What works for one person is useless for another. The only criterion is this: Make…
• Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a…
• Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft,
• I walk into a large white room. It's a dance studio in midtown Manhattan. The room is clean, virtually spotless if you don’t count the…
• The last two - distractions and fears - are the dangerous ones. They're the habitual demons that invade the launch of any project. No one…
• Creativity is more about taking the facts, fictions, and feelings we store away and finding new ways to connect them.

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