Book

The Creative Habit

: Learn It and Use It for Life

One of the world’s leading creative artists, choreographers, and creator of the smash-hit Broadway show, Movin’ Out, shares her secrets for developing and honing your creative talents—at once prescriptive and inspirational, a book to stand alongsid

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Twyla Tharp (13)

“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: Art

“Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a prize you’ve won.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: Creative, Culture, Mentors

“We could have easily become absorbed by the tragedy, lost in it and paralyzed by it, but what came back to us was the instinct to dance. I began as a dancer, and in those days of pain and shock I went back to where I started. Creating dance is the thing I know best. It is how I recognize myself.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: creating, Creation, Writing, How to be a writer, Art

“I know writers who say they take little pleasure in writing but they love having written. I'm not like that. I'm more like the athlete who enjoys practicing as much as playing the actual game.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: creating, Creation, Writing, How to be a writer

“Give me a writer who thinks he has all the time in the world and I'll show you a writer who never delivers.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: creating, Creation, Writing, How to be a writer, Art

“In order to be habitually creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: creating, Creation, Writing, How to be a writer, Art

“Art is not about minimizing risk and delivering work that is guaranteed to please.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: creating, Creation, Writing, How to be a writer, Art

“I'm often asked, 'Where do you get your ideas?' This happens to anyone who is willing to stand in front of an audience and talk about his or her work. The short answer is: everywhere. It's like asking 'Where do you find the air you breathe?' Ideas are all around you.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: creating, Creation, Writing, How to be a writer

“The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no apparent or definable end in sight.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: creating, Creation, Writing, How to be a writer, Quote of the Moment

“I'm not sure how to do it: a problem, obviously, but we're not talking about constructing the Brooklyn Bridge. If you try and it doesn't work, you'll try a different way next time. Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: Writing, How to be a writer, Career, For when things seem hard

“Better an imperfect dome in Florence than cathedrals in the clouds.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: Writing, Creativity, Creatives, Habit, Routine

“Whether or not God has kissed your brow, you still have to work.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: Writing, Creativity, Creatives, Habit, Routine

“Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.”

— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com

Tagged: Writing, Creativity, Creatives, Habit, Routine