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Twyla Tharp (/ˈtwaɪlə θɑːrp/; born July 1, 1941) is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966, she formed her own company Twyla Tharp Dance. Her work often uses classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music.

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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.

Art, Dance, Dancing, Inevitability, Personal

I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women.

Complicated, Complicated Relationship, Relationship, Think, Thinking, Tolstoy

I understand things that are American, for better or worse.

American, Things, Understand, Worse

Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill.

Footprints, Greatness, Mean, Paths, Skill, Skills

Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.

Artist, Artists, Children, Close, Creativity

The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.

Fundamentals, Granted, Great Ones, Ones, Take

Concentrate: you can't have it all.

Concentrate, Concentration

I'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact.

Regarded, Tyranny, Tyrant, Tyrants, Vision, Willing

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.

Disappear, Earth, Faces, Landmarks, Likes, Nobody

You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So should you.

Hard Work, May, Moot, Skills, Work, Zen

Alone is a fact, a condition where no one else is around. Lonely is how you feel about that.

Alone, Condition, Fact, How You Feel, Loneliness, Lonely

When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position.

Alive, Body, Brain, Position, Ways

The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex.

Art, Forever, Moment, Movie, Sex

In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative. . . . . A lot of habitually creative people have preparation rituals linked to the setting in which they choose to start their day. By putting themselves into that environment, they begin their creative day.

Creative, Know, Order, People, Rituals, Start

Playwrights have texts, composers have scores, painters and sculptors have the residue of those activities, and dance is traditionally an ephemeral, effervescent, here-today-gone-tomorrow kind of thing.

Dance, Gone, Inspirational, Painters, Residue, Scores

The irony of multitasking is that it's exhausting: when you're doing two or three things simultaneously, you use more energy than the sum of energy required to do each task independently. You're also cheating yourself because your're not doing anything excellently. You're compromising your virtuosity. In the words of T. S. Elliot, you're 'distracted from distractions by distractions'.

Cheating, Distractions, Energy, Three Things, Two, Virtuosity

Failing, and learning from it, is necessary. Unil you've done it, you're missing an important piece of your creative arsenal.

Arsenal, Creative, Important, Missing

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

Believe, Dancing, Logic, Movement, Right

While most people in the arts think they have to be constantly looking forward to be edgy and creative. . . . the real secret of creativity is to go back and remember.

Art, Constantly, Creativity, People, Real

When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.

Ability, Everything, Question, Rut, Ruts

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