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JamesClear.com • How to Be Motivated Every Day: Lessons Learned From Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It For Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003), 80.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Twyla Tharp is one of the most celebrated, inventive dance choreographers in modern times. Her body of work is made up of more than 160 pieces, including 129 dances, twelve television specials, six major Hollywood movies, four full-length ballets, four Broadway shows, and two figure-skating routines. Dance might seem like the creative medium that c
... See moreTiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
These days, Twyla Tharp isn’t content to leave her fate in the hands of critics with coal-black little hearts. After she launches a new project, she invites a small group of people to review her work in progress. They help her spot and solve the problems she’s too close to see.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential
The other half of the program, Tharp intentionally leaves a mystery until she arrives. She doesn’t plan what music she’ll be using or which dancers she’ll be working with. She won’t even think about the lighting or costumes until she arrives. The large white room will become her motivation to create something brand new.
Lisa Congdon • Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic
In 2003, Tharp admitted in her book The Creative Habit that she is not as original as people think. She is, in fact, a thief.
Jeff Goins • Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
THE CREATIVE HABIT * * * I begin each day of my life with a ritual. This is the renowned choreographer Twyla Tharp from her indispensable book, The Creative Habit.
Steven Pressfield • The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
