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Category: Twyla Tharp

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

Optimism, Behind, Old

I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.

Dance, I Can, Handle

I always tell students that you’ve got to be practical. You do not need a dream. You need a purpose, something you can wake up to in the morning when the dream is dissipated.

Purpose, Dream, Wake Up

People often say to me, ‘I don’t know anything about dance.’ I say, ‘Stop. You got up this morning, and you’re walking. You are an expert.’

Dance, Walking, Me

This is the strange thing: Dancers don’t age.

Strange, Dancers

To survive, you’ve got to keep wheedling your way. You can’t just sit there and fight against odds when it’s not going to work. You have to turn a corner, dig a hole, go through a tunnel – and find a way to keep moving.

Fight, Moving, You

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.

Good, Best, Creativity

Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

Different, Lessons, Learned

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

Girl, Help, Dark

In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.

Fly, Down, Upside Down

When you’re in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.

inspirational-attitude

Without passion, all the skill in world won’t lift you above your craft

inspirational, living