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Inspirational Quotes by Twyla Tharp
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.
- The more you know, the better you can imagine.
- A dancer's life is all about repetition.
- Metaphor is the lifeblood of all art.
- In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.
- You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.
- 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 do…
- I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women.
- I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.
- A commission is an invitation to fall in love.
- I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention.
- In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.
- Concentrate: you can't have it all.
- Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit.
- I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do.
- Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that.
- I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.
- Art is an investigation.
- I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.
- Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.
- I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento