Quotessence
Home / Authors / Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp Quotes

Dancer

Filter quotes by topic

AllArtCreativityDanceThinkingCreativeWayIfsKnowsPeopleSkillsDancerWorldDancingTwoYearsIdeasInspirationalShouldFeelsWant

Famous Twyla Tharp Quotes

“When you're in a groove, you're not spinning your wheels; you're moving forward in a straight and narrow path without pauses or hitches. You're unwavering, undeviating, and unparalleled in your purpose. A groove is the best place in the world. Because when you are in it, you have the freedom to explore, where everything you question leads you to new avenues and new routes.”

WorldMovingPurposePathMoving ForwardWheelsPausesRoutesAvenuesSpinningPlaces In The WorldGrooveBest PlaceUnwaveringNarrow Path
Book:The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
Create image

“After so many years, I've learned that being creative is a full-time job with its own daily patterns. That's why writers, for example, like to establish routines for themselves. The most productive ones get started early in the morning, when the world is quiet, the phones aren't ringing, and their minds are rested, alert, and not yet polluted by other people's words.”

PeopleWorldYearsMindJobsMorningCreativeExampleQuietPatternsPhonesI've LearnedProductiveRoutineBe CreativeFull Time Jobs
Book:The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
Create image

“Everything that happens in my day is a transaction between the external world and my internal world. Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it. Without the time and effort invested in getting ready to create, you can be hit by a thunderbolt and it'll just leave you stunned.”

WorldInspirationalUseHappensEffortCreativityReadyMaterialsPreparationInternalsRelevantTransactionsRaw MaterialsStunnedThunderbolts
Book:The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
Create image

“It takes skill to bring something you've imagined into the world: to use words to create believable lives, to select the colors and textures of paint to represent a haystack at sunset, to combine ingredients to make a flavorful dish. No one is born with that skill. It is developed through exercise, through repitition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time. . . . If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.”

IfsWorldMindArtUseBornColorExerciseSkillsReflectionArt IsPaintBridgesSunsetIngredientsTake TimeDishesSelectTextureBelievableIt Takes Time
Book:The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
Create image