Twyla Tharp - Life Quotes

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When the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life.

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I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother named me Twyla.

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I repeat the wake-up, the workout, the quick shower, the breakfast of three hard-boiled egg whites and a cup of coffee, the hour to make my morning calls and deal with correspondence, the two hours of stretching and working out ideas by myself in the studio... That's my day, every day. A dancer's life is all about repetition.

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When it all comes together, a creative life has the nourishing power we normally associate with food, love, and faith.

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The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.

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