"Creativity is an act of defiance." — Twyla Tharp

"Creativity is an act of defiance."

— Twyla Tharp

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180 Quotes by Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp has 180 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't…
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits. That's it in a nutshell…
The irony of multitasking is that it's exhausting: when you're doing two or three things simultaneously, you use more energy…
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection…
The routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightening bold of inspiration, maybe more. And…
Everything that happens in my day is a transaction between the external world and my internal world. Everything is raw…
There's a paradox in the notion that creativity should be a habit. We think of creativity as a way of…
Art is running away without ever leaving home.
In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.
It's vital to establish some rituals-automatic but decisive patterns of behavior-at the beginning of the creative process, when you are…
Never worry that rote exercises aimed at developing skills will suffocate creativity. At the same time, it's important to recognize…

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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