413 Quotes by Twyla Tharp

Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.

Creativity is an act of defiance.

In every situation, at the beginning or end of the workday, you have a choice. You can look back or you can look forward. My advice: look forward. Always think about the next day. Don't go into the studio thinking, 'Hmmm, let's see what I was doing yesterday?' It takes more energy to twist yourself around and look back that it does to face forward.

Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a prize you’ve won.

Planning lets you impose order on the chaotic process of making something new, but when it's taken too far you get locked into a status quo, and creative thinking is about breaking free from the status quo, even from one you made yourself.

There in a nutshell is the essence of creativity: There are a number of possibilities, but only one solution looks inevitable.

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.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

You don’t get lucky without preparation, and there’s no sense in being prepared if you’re not open to the possibility of a glorious accident.