"We're a machine and we have to be……" — Twyla Tharp

"We're a machine and we have to be worked in the same way we have to be fed."

— 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 Dance Quotes

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The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of… — Fred Astaire
Disco is just jitterbug. — Fred Astaire
Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how… — Margaret Atwood
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. — Jane Austen
Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned. — George Balanchine
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the… — George Balanchine
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. — Dave Barry
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
The more injuries you get, the smarter you get. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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