Twyla Tharp Thinking Quotations

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.

I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.

I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.

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

I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.

I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night.

I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place.

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!

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

I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly.

I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women.

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.

There's a paradox in the notion that creativity should be a habit. We think of creativity as a way of keeping everything fresh and new, while habit implies routine and repetition. That paradox intrigues me because it occupies the place where creativity and skill rub up against each other.

Usually kids who are talented have the brashness to think they can do anything, but they don't often get the chance to see how close they can come.

You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.

Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box

I think of music as fuel, its spectrum of energy governed by tempi, volume, and heart.

I think that probably the moments of discovery do come from a place that is not totally organized. Order is something that we already know about. Discoveries are in a place we don't already know about.

I write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I like to be able to think in different modes. I like to be able to use the language a great deal and carry on rehearsals in French.