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“I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone's exhausted. Get focused, do it!”

Quote by Twyla Tharp

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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. more

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“The necessity to constantly turn in an excellent performance, to be absolutely wedded to this dedication and this ideal means that as a child you're going to pay for it personally.”

Mean Children Turns Pay Ideals Performances Excellent Dedication Excellent Performance

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“I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Should Different Body Felt Lines Decision Politician Responsible Bottom Familiar Bottom Line

Author:Twyla Tharp

“I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand.”

Littles Painting Lessons Training Dancing Piano Description Formal Shorthand Viola

Author:Twyla Tharp

“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.”

Years Deals Fit Shots Impact Missions My Time Posterity Choreographers Best Shot

Author:Twyla Tharp

“I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.”

Thinking Use Moving Term Challenges Modern Relation Dancing Dance Modern Dance

Author:Twyla Tharp

“In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them.”

Ifs Stills Today Strong Difficult Pay Males Dancer Strong Women

Author:Twyla Tharp

“It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.”

Thinking Made Force Difficult My Own Wise College Commitment Profession Dancer Justify Interiors Parental

Author:Twyla Tharp

“My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything. It was quite simple. There was no exclusivity, and there really was no judgment, which is a good thing for someone who still thinks of themselves as a very basic American.”

Knows Should Ideas Mother Force Simple Education Judgment Dominant Exclusivity

Author:Twyla Tharp

“My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching.”

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Author:Twyla Tharp

“Playwrights have texts, composers have scores, painters and sculptors have the residue of those activities, and dance is traditionally an ephemeral, effervescent, here-today-gone-tomorrow kind of thing.”

Inspirational Kind Today Gone Tomorrow Activity Dance Painter Score Composer Playwright Sculptors Ephemeral Here Today Gone Tomorrow

Author:Twyla Tharp