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    • No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding.
    • Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable. Twyla Tharp. Inspirational, Ability, Uncomfortable.
    • Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways. Twyla Tharp. Giving Up, Life Lesson, Failure.
    • dance is simply the refinement of human movement - walking, running, and jumping. We are all experts. There should be no art form more accessible than dance, yet no art is more mystifying in the public imagination.
    • “Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” ― Twyla Tharp.
    • “Creativity is an act of defiance.” ― Twyla Tharp.
    • “I read for growth, firmly believing that what you are today and what you will be in five years depends on two things: the people you meet and the books you read.”
    • “Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a prize you’ve won.”
  1. Jul 1, 2018 · Enjoy the best Twyla Tharp Quotes at BrainyQuote. Quotations by Twyla Tharp, American Dancer, Born July 1, 1941. Share with your friends.

    • “I read for growth, firmly believing that what you are today and what you will be in five years depends on two things: the people you meet and the books you read.”
    • “Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a prize you’ve won.”
    • “When I walk into [the studio] I am alone, but I am alone with my body, ambition, ideas, passions, needs, memories, goals, prejudices, distractions, fears.
    • “Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box” ― Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life.
    • Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. Twyla Tharp.
    • But obligation, I eventually saw, is not the same as commitment, and it's certainly not an acceptable reason to stick with something that isn't working.
    • Every dance I make is a dive into this well of ancient memory. Twyla Tharp.
    • 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.
  2. Aug 15, 2022 · “Without passion, all the skill in world won't lift you above your craft.” - 'The Creative Habit: Learn It And Use It For Life'. "In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything."

  3. “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster. No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time. Twyla Tharp. Inspirational, Exercise, Reflection. Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003).

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