Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism. – Twyla Tharp
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.’ – Twyla Tharp
When I say I can see through clothes, sometimes I try to use it as an X-ray vision to look into the dancer and see who this dancer is right now, at this exact moment in time. I live inside them in a way. – Twyla Tharp
To make real change, you have to be well anchored – not only in the belief that it can be done, but also in some pretty real ways about who you are and what you can do. – Twyla Tharp
When I started making dances in the ’60s, narrative dance was sort of off the radar screen. What was important at the time in the avant-garde was minimalism. – Twyla Tharp
Schubert had arguably the same melodic gift as Mozart, but even less support. He didn’t have the early exposure, never got to travel anywhere, and yet generated and amassed a body of work that grew and developed and is very profound. – Twyla Tharp