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.

In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.

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

Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don't have desire as a modern dancer, forget it.

Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don't have desire as a modern dancer, forget it.

Twyla Tharp

What I do remember is visualization of the sound of music, seeing bodies in movement in relation to how music sounded, because my mother practiced at the keyboard a lot and I also went to her lessons. As a two year old, three year old I remember seeing things in movement.

Twyla Tharp

I realize that dancers have worked long and hard for standards. However, on occasion, I think that it's good to examine one's heart and ask why are we dancing.

I realize that dancers have worked long and hard for standards. However, on occasion, I think that it's good to examine one's heart and ask why are we dancing.

Twyla Tharp

Critics should be looked at simply as commentators.

Critics should be looked at simply as commentators.

Twyla Tharp

The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing.

The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing.

Twyla Tharp

No artist is well served in thinking what will happen to their works. The best one can hope is that they'll enter the mainstream, and people will pull bits and pieces from them.

No artist is well served in thinking what will happen to their works. The best one can hope is that they'll enter the mainstream, and people will pull bits and pieces from them.

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

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

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