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1. "Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." ~ Twyla Tharp
2. "Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism." ~ Twyla Tharp
3. "A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things." ~ Twyla Tharp
4. "I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly." ~ Twyla Tharp
5. "I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night." ~ Twyla Tharp
6. "It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience." ~ Twyla Tharp
7. "The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts." ~ Twyla Tharp
8. "I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter." ~ Twyla Tharp
9. "Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business." ~ Twyla Tharp
10. "Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that." ~ Twyla Tharp
11. "Art is an investigation." ~ Twyla Tharp
12. "I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift." ~ Twyla Tharp
13. "I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury." ~ Twyla Tharp
14. "I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't." ~ Twyla Tharp
15. "Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them." ~ Twyla Tharp
16. "I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent." ~ Twyla Tharp
17. "I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place." ~ Twyla Tharp
18. "I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching." ~ Twyla Tharp
19. "The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it." ~ Twyla Tharp
20. "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." ~ Twyla Tharp
21. "I'm a known reader. That's what I do with my time." ~ Twyla Tharp
22. "If you're speaking of love, you really must include the element of uncertainty - and perhaps it's best approached as the art of constant maintenance." ~ Twyla Tharp
23. "The formal education that I received made little sense to me." ~ Twyla Tharp
24. "The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing." ~ Twyla Tharp
25. "I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart." ~ Twyla Tharp
26. "I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me." ~ Twyla Tharp
27. "Life is about moving, it's about change. And when things stop doing that they're dead." ~ Twyla Tharp
28. "Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box" ~ Twyla Tharp
29. "When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it." ~ Twyla Tharp
30. "Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it." ~ Twyla Tharp
31. "If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion" ~ Twyla Tharp
32. "You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So should you." ~ Twyla Tharp
33. "I can't emphasize this idea enough. Getting involved with your collaborator's problems almost always distracts you from your own. That can be tempting. That can be a relief. But it usually leads to disaster." ~ Twyla Tharp
34. "I start every dance with a box. I write the project name on the box, and as the piece progresses I fill it up with every item that went into the making of the dance." ~ Twyla Tharp
35. "Without learning and preparation, you won't know how to harness the power of that kiss" ~ Twyla Tharp

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