Twyla Tharp

My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born…

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home…

My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea…

I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the…

Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business…

In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that…

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being…

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with…

The formal education that I received made little sense to me…