Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great. Twyla Tharp More Quotes by Twyla Tharp More Quotes From Twyla Tharp I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do. Twyla Tharp choreographers missions greatness 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 place of validation, continuity, and purity of purpose, then you're on the way to an artist's ultimate goal; the achievement of mastery. Twyla Tharp validation creativity artist 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 the focus or supportive thereof is just not us. Even outside issues, when they arise, are interesting in that they only help define the focus more clearly. Twyla Tharp issues later-in-life interesting Energy and time are finite resources; conserving them is very important. Twyla Tharp resources important energy Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit. Twyla Tharp daily-routines discipline habit Concentrate: you can't have it all. Twyla Tharp concentration A commission is an invitation to fall in love. Twyla Tharp invitations falling-in-love fall I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style. Twyla Tharp style fundamentals way In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry. Twyla Tharp inspired academic people Easily acquired. Inexpensive. Perfectly functional. Portable. Identifiable. Disposable. Eternal enough. These are my criteria for the perfect storage system. And I’ve found the answer in the simple file box. Twyla Tharp simple answers perfect I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity. Twyla Tharp structure creativity thinking when the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life. Twyla Tharp assertiveness battle mother Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them. Twyla Tharp comedy emotion soul Every dance I make is a dive into this well of ancient memory. Twyla Tharp ancient wells memories In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.....A lot of habitually creative people have preparation rituals linked to the setting in which they choose to start their day. By putting themselves into that environment, they begin their creative day. Twyla Tharp creative order people Modern dancers should be doing things no one else is doing, and it should come from the gut. Twyla Tharp dancer modern should I do believe that when dancing is right, the movement possesses a logic common to us all. Twyla Tharp movement dancing believe Perfect practice makes perfect. Twyla Tharp practice-makes-perfect practice perfect The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity. Twyla Tharp space identity jobs I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention. Twyla Tharp inattention survived attention
