413 Quotes by Twyla Tharp

When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can’t simulate in a sedentary position.

You can keep on chewing gum for ten hours, but after about a minute and a half you’ve got all the good out of it.

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.

Movement stimulates our brains in ways we don’t appreciate.

I’ve always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work – the rest is style.

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That’s a great gift.

I’m a known reader. That’s what I do with my time.

It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn’t think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it’s very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.

Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable.