Twyla Tharp Quotes

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• In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.
• To make real change, you have to be well anchored - not only in the belief that it can be done, but also in some…
• I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place.
• Concentrate: you can't have it all.
• Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit.
• Energy and time are finite resources; conserving them is very important.
• Later in life, one of the compensations is gliding effortlessly into focus in a thing. Since it is who we are, anything that is not…
• I cannot overstate how much a generous spirit contributes to good luck. Look at the luckiest people around you, the ones you envy, the ones…
• When creativity has become your habit; when you've learned to manage time, resources, expectations, and the demands of others; when you understand the value and…
• I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do.
• A tough manager will have realistic quotas for his employees that he keeps to himself and aggressively stretch quotas, anywhere from ten percent higher to…
• Mastery is an elusive concept. You never know when you achieve it absolutely and it may not help you to feel you've attained it. We…
• Once you accept the power of spine in the creative act, you will become much more efficient in your creativity. You will still get lost…
• After so many years, I've learned that being creative is a full-time job with its own daily patterns. That's why writers, for example, like to…
• I'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact.
• Whenever I feel I'm working in a groove it's invariably because I feel I am being the benefactor in the situation rather than the beneficiary.…
• Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
• Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.
• A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things.
• I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at…

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