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" Work is work; wherever I'm working, I do the best I can. If the actual dollars come from investors as opposed to taxpayers and patrons, what's the difference? "

Twyla Tharp

Difference

Best

I Can

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Success

Point

" It's always a problem, getting the curtain in at the end of the first act; having enough of a resolve so that you can bring the curtain in and then opening the show a second time is a little bizarre as a tradition. I've always preferred to go straight through. "

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

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" I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention. "

" Nothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I'll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way. "

Twyla Tharp

Nothing

Way

" When I look at the people who are the guiding figures in modern dance, I think, 'This does not look to me like the way I want to spend my days.' "

" It's very difficult for me to do fund raising for my own organization if I'm working for other companies because sponsors will say, 'Well, hey, man, if she's doing a ballet for Ballet Theatre, we'll give money to Ballet Theatre.' "

" 'The Creative Habit' is basically about how you work alone, how you survive as a solitary artist. 'The Collaborative Habit' is obviously about surviving with other people. "

" I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury. "

" The formal education that I received made little sense to me. "

Twyla Tharp

Little

Education

" I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place. "

" I'm not satisfied sitting in just the world of abstract work. "

" The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts. "

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