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Twyla Tharp, born on July 1, 1941, is an outstanding American dancer, choreographer, and director. Her dance works are known for their unique style and innovative arrangements, which have had a profound impact on the development of modern dance.

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“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.”

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Book:The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

Source: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

“I had received my first establishment grants in response to applications filed the year before. To the pages of baffling forms I had simply attached a handwritten note saying, 'I make dances, not applications. Send the money. Love, Twyla.”

Years Firsts Form Pages Notes Response Grants Application Establishment Assertiveness Handwritten Notes

Book:Push Comes to Shove

Source: Push Comes to Shove

“I began ear training when I was about six months old. My mother was a concert pianist, and she started all of her children with music before they were a year old. Then she began to see that I had a musical gift...”

Years Children Mother Months Six Music Is Training Ears Musical Concerts Six Months Pianist

Author:Twyla Tharp

“I've always had to keep the walls in place, and the only way to do that is to keep yourself constantly occupied... From the time I was 8 years old, until I went to college, I worked... There was no social life.”

Way Years Social College Wall Social Life

Author:Twyla Tharp

“The way I enjoyed spending time most was dancing. That's from the time I was a very small child, When I was 4 or 5 years old, I remember already having a regime. It was the way I always identified myself.”

Way Years Children Remember Dancing Spending Enjoyed Regimes Spending Time Small Child

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“I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.”

Years Able Lasts Study Teaching Last Year Privileged

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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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Author:Twyla Tharp

“What I do remember is visualization of the sound of music, seeing bodies in movement in relation to how music sounded, because my mother practiced at the keyboard a lot and I also went to her lessons. As a two year old, three year old I remember seeing things in movement.”

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Author: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.”

People Years Believe Two Book Today Growth Five Depends Two Things Five Years

Book:The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

Source: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

“I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one.”

Should Years Two Meetings Accomplish I Have Learned

Book:The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

Source: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

About the Author

Born: July 1, 1941
Known for: Dancer
Quotes: 210

Books & Sources

The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for LifeRelated source material

Push Comes to ShoveRelated source material

The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working TogetherRelated source material

Keep It Moving: Lessons for the Rest of Your LifeRelated source material

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