Twyla Tharp Ideas Quotations

You can only generate ideas when you put pencil to paper, brush to canvas... when you actually do something physical.

Without the little ideas, there are no big ideas.

Skill is how you close the gap between what you can see in your mind's eye and what you can produce; the more skill you have, the more sophisticated and accomplished your ideas can be. With absolute skill comes absolute confidence.

You don't have a really good idea until you combine two little ideas.

We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.

I can't emphasize this idea enough. Getting involved with your collaborator's problems almost always distracts you from your own. That can be tempting. That can be a relief. But it usually leads to disaster.

You only need one good reason to commit to an idea, not four hundred. But if you have four hundred reasons to say yes and one reason to say no, the answer is probably no.

I'm often asked, 'Where do you get your ideas?' ...It's like asking, 'Where do you find air to breathe?' Ideas are all around you.