413 Quotes by Twyla Tharp

I'm much stronger than most women. When I work with men, or when I'm partnered by men, we can actually go into kinds of movement that haven't been available before, simply because I've strengthened myself as a woman, not because I've weakened him.

You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.

Things change all the time, so why do people make such a philosophical to-do that things are constantly in transition?

I've always had to keep the walls in place, and the only way to do that is to keep yourself constantly occupied. From the time I was 8 years old, until I went to college, I worked. There was no social life.

We don't need to illustrate music; music illustrates itself.

Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.

Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has.

When I'm in the studio, when I'm warm, when I'm what people call improvising, I feel a very special connection. I feel the most right. I don't want to become too mystic about this, but things feel as though they're in the best order at that particular moment.