Top 138 Quotes by Twyla Tharp

About Twyla Tharp

These are some quotes by American author Twyla Tharp Dancer, who was born on July 1, 1941.

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.

Twyla Tharp

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.

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

When I was a kid, toe dancing and toe shoes had a meaning in our culture as a serious kind of art.

When I was a kid, toe dancing and toe shoes had a meaning in our culture as a serious kind of art.

Twyla Tharp

I used to say to myself, 'Well, in the old days everybody danced because they loved to dance, and there was none of this professional garbage going on about how much can you get for this or that or the other, or any of the kinds of things that insecurity can sometimes promote. Sometimes it's for the wrong reasons.'

Twyla Tharp

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.

Twyla Tharp

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.

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

In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.

In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.

Twyla Tharp

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

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

Twyla Tharp

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

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

Twyla Tharp

To survive, you've got to keep wheedling your way. You can't just sit there and fight against odds when it's not going to work. You have to turn a corner, dig a hole, go through a tunnel - and find a way to keep moving.

Twyla Tharp

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