Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill. Twyla Tharp More Quotes by Twyla Tharp More Quotes From Twyla Tharp 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 it. Twyla Tharp collaborationknowspeople I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody. Twyla Tharp wellsarchitecturefeels This is the hard part. Knowing and admitting a problem are not the same as solving it. But executing a solution is also the fun part, because the solution save you and gets you moving again. Twyla Tharp knowingfunmoving I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent. Twyla Tharp intimidatingdancingmean I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me. Twyla Tharp important In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative. Twyla Tharp know-howcreativeorder I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching. Twyla Tharp ableteachingyears There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do. Twyla Tharp actioncan-dolying The disasteris not the money, although the money will be missed. The disaster is the disrespect--this belief that the arts are dispensable, that they're not critical to a culture's existence. Twyla Tharp disrespectcultureart There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter. Twyla Tharp releaselaughterenergy Whether it's a painter finding his way each morning to the easel, or a medical researcher returning daily to the laboratory, the routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightning bolt of inspiration, maybe more. Twyla Tharp creativeinspirationmorning I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women. Twyla Tharp complicated-relationshipcomplicatedthinking I have a sort of tactility about music. I go into record stores and just run my fingers over it, the spines. Twyla Tharp spinerecordsrunning 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 balletwayneeds 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 artisttakentwo if you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives. Twyla Tharp beliefwantart After so many years, I've learned that being creative is a full-time job with its own daily patterns. That's why writers, for example, like to establish routines for themselves. The most productive ones get started early in the morning, when the world is quiet, the phones aren't ringing, and their minds are rested, alert, and not yet polluted by other people's words. Twyla Tharp phonesmorningjobs Once you accept the power of spine in the creative act, you will become much more efficient in your creativity. You will still get lost on occasion, but having a spine will anchor you. Twyla Tharp anchorscreativitypower 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 dancingdanceart You can keep on chewing gum for ten hours, but after about a minute and a half you've got all the good out of it. Twyla Tharp gumhourshalf
