Quotes By Twyla Tharp

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

In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them.

I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone's exhausted. Get focused, do it!

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.

I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand.

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.

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.

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.