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Twyla Tharp Quotes - Page 9

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I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention.

I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention.

Twyla Tharp
Attention, Inattention, Survived

when dancing is right, the movement possesss a logic common to us all, an inevitability that takes it beyond the personal and egocentric and makes of it classical art.

Twyla Tharp
Dance, Art, Dancing
Twyla Tharp (1992). “Push Comes to Shove”, Bantam Dell Publishing Group

My greatest fear in working is always the end. Lately I have taken to tricking myself into finishing by leaving a hole in the middle somewhere, then stitching the two pieces together - the Union Pacific approach.

Twyla Tharp
Taken, Artist, Two
Twyla Tharp (1992). “Push Comes to Shove”, Bantam Dell Publishing Group

Alone is a fact, a condition where no one else is around. Lonely is how you feel about that.

Twyla Tharp
Lonely, Loneliness, Facts
Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.

Twyla Tharp
Ballet, Way, Needs
"Tharp's New Tale, Woven In Dance" by Gia Kourlas, www.nytimes.com. February 03, 2012.

The formal education that I received made little sense to me.

Twyla Tharp
Education, Littles, Made
"The High Priestess of Creative Movement". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.

if you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives.

Twyla Tharp
Art, Want, Belief
Twyla Tharp (1992). “Push Comes to Shove”, Bantam Dell Publishing Group

Well, Mozart is extraordinary not only in that he became virtuoso along the lines of his father, but that he had that compositional gift, that melodic gift. By the time he was four, he was doing piano concertos with harmony in the background.

Twyla Tharp
Father, Piano, Four
"A Conversation With Choreographer Twyla Thar". Interview with Daviv Shenk, www.theatlantic.com. February 26, 2010.

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