Twyla Tharp

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

#any #been #comedy #comic #emotions

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

#beginning #between #dance #i #insisted

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

— Twyla Tharp

#audience #ever #extremely #foolish #outwit

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

— Twyla Tharp

#certain #certain degree #cynicism #degree #energizing

Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#dance #easy #everybody #knows #life