Twyla Tharp Quotes
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I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot.
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The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.
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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.
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It's very difficult for me to do fund raising for my own organization if I'm working for other companies because sponsors will say, 'Well, hey, man, if she's doing a ballet for Ballet Theatre, we'll give money to Ballet Theatre.'
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I'm a known reader. That's what I do with my time.
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I'm not satisfied sitting in just the world of abstract work.
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Everything present is included in the past somewhere; nobody's present pops out of nowhere.
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I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.
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Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.
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I find the aesthetics of the 20th century hopelessly barren.
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Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has.
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In circuses, there is a lot of magic. Things become other things.
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I've always believed that a dance evening energizes an audience, that an audience goes out feeling chemically stronger and more optimistic. This is what I understand about dance. And this is an important thing. We need this. Our culture needs it.
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Counterpoint is a component that gives real energy, and it is about optimism.
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To make real change, you have to be well anchored - not only in the belief that it can be done, but also in some pretty real ways about who you are and what you can do.
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Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that.
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I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.
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What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about.
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A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things.
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You can only generate ideas when you put pencil to paper, brush to canvas... when you actually do something physical.
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I've always felt compelled to explore range, because, as far as I know, we're only here once. So let's see how much we can encompass.
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I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly.
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In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.
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Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them.