413 Quotes by Twyla Tharp

I do everything I know how in a dance.

I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.

I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.

I was interested in becoming a show dancer, for which I tried, but I'm not tall enough.

Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better.

I find the aesthetics of the 20th century hopelessly barren.

I was fortunate to love men, so I could put them on stage and make roles for them, and move through their bodies in a way that they enjoy doing.

I have a sort of tactility about music. I go into record stores and just run my fingers over it, the spines.

I'm often asked, 'Where do you get your ideas?' ...It's like asking, 'Where do you find air to breathe?' Ideas are all around you.