Walt Disney was a master of the human psychology. His sense of timing, sense of speed. In a sense, those cartoons are like Rorschach tests. Twyla Tharp cartoondisneyhuman Change image and share on social
When I started making dances in the '60s, narrative dance was sort of off the radar screen. What was important at the time in the avant-garde was minimalism. Twyla Tharp 60savantdance Change image and share on social
I've read probably 25 or 30 books by Balzac, all of Tolstoy - the novels and letters - and all of Dickens. I learned my craft from these guys. Twyla Tharp balzacbookcraft Change image and share on social
Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has. Twyla Tharp characterdancerfeed Change image and share on social
Things change all the time, so why do people make such a philosophical to-do that things are constantly in transition? Twyla Tharp changeconstantlymake Change image and share on social
When I look at the people who are the guiding figures in modern dance, I think, 'This does not look to me like the way I want to spend my days.' Twyla Tharp dancedayfigure Change image and share on social
When I was a kid, toe dancing and toe shoes had a meaning in our culture as a serious kind of art. Twyla Tharp artculturedance Change image and share on social
In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock. Twyla Tharp clockdesperateprofit Change image and share on social
I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women. Twyla Tharp complicaterelationshiptolstoy Change image and share on social
There's the tradition of the 19th-century ballets, and the 20th century has had a difficult time with that tradition. And it's had a difficult time with many components of the Romantic imagination because of modernism. Twyla Tharp 19th20thballet share on social
