Twyla Tharp

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#away #home #leaving #leaving home #only

Creativity is an act of defiance. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#creativity #art

Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#death #life #change

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. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#inspiration #inspirational

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. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#life

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

— Twyla Tharp

#attitude

If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#inspirational

Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#dance #easy #everybody #knows #life

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#audience #ever #extremely #foolish #outwit

A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#beginning #between #dance #i #insisted