Twyla Tharp Quotes - Page 7

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• I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone's exhausted. Get focused, do it!

  Twyla Tharp

  Thinking, Gears, Done

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

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• 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

  Greatness, Missions, Choreographers

  "The High Priestess of Creative Movement". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.

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• A tough manager will have realistic quotas for his employees that he keeps to himself and aggressively stretch quotas, anywhere from ten percent higher to a lot more, which he imposes on his staff. If his people miss the stretch numbers but exceed the realistic goals, he's happy. If he's a superb manager, he knows how far they can stretch without breaking.

  Twyla Tharp

  Leadership, Numbers, Goal

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

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• The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing.

  Twyla Tharp

  Dancing, Different, Rewards

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• I have a sort of tactility about music. I go into record stores and just run my fingers over it, the spines.

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  Running, Records, Spine

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• I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women.

  Twyla Tharp

  Thinking, Complicated Relationship, Complicated

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• 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.

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• Nobody likes to see that which they've invested in disappear from the face of the earth before they've even died. This is not cool. We can now see what the landmarks, in fact are.

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  Earth, Likes, Faces

  "The High Priestess of Creative Movement". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.

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• I was interested in becoming a show dancer, for which I tried, but I'm not tall enough.

  Twyla Tharp

  Dancer, Becoming, Enough

  "The High Priestess of Creative Movement". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.

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• I do believe that when dancing is right, the movement possesses a logic common to us all.

  Twyla Tharp

  Believe, Dancing, Movement

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

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• With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances.

  Twyla Tharp

  Mother, Children, Pieces

  "The High Priestess of Creative Movement". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.

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• That's what improvising is like for me. There's no tollbooth between my impulse and my action.

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  Action, Impulse, Improvising

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

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• Modern dancers should be doing things no one else is doing, and it should come from the gut.

  Twyla Tharp

  Dancer, Modern, Should

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• Everything that happens in my day is a transaction between the external world and my internal world. Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it. Without the time and effort invested in getting ready to create, you can be hit by a thunderbolt and it'll just leave you stunned.

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  Inspirational, Creativity, Effort

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

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• You double your intensity with skill.

  Twyla Tharp

  Skills, Intensity

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

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• A young person has to start making decisions for themselves at a much earlier age than an overbearing parent allows one.

  Twyla Tharp

  Decision, Parent, Age

  "The High Priestess of Creative Movement". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.

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• Our guys have a vision of something bigger.

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  Guy, Vision, Bigger

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• I've always had to keep the walls in place, and the only way to do that is to keep yourself constantly occupied... From the time I was 8 years old, until I went to college, I worked... There was no social life.

  Twyla Tharp

  Wall, College, Years

  "The High Priestess of Creative Movement". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.

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• I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.

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  School, Choices, Valedictorians

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• I was fortunate to love men, so I could put them on stage and make roles for them, and move through their bodies in a way that they enjoy doing...

  Twyla Tharp

  Moving, Men, Roles

  "The High Priestess of Creative Movement". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.

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• I don't believe in rushing and saying this is done and over with. That form of rebellion doesn't make sense to me. I've always attempted to familiarize myself with the traditions, and consider that a responsibility of the artist.

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  Believe, Responsibility, Artist

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• 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

  Jobs, Space, Identity

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

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• 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.

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  People, Inspired, Academic

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• I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.

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  Art, Mean, Thinking

  "The High Priestess of Creative Movement". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.

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• In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.

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  Order, Creative, Know How

  "The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life". Book by Twyla Tharp, October 7, 2003.

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