{"author":"Twyla Tharp","author_id":"Twyla+Tharp","total_quotes":27,"quotes":[{"text":"What we want from modern dance is courage and audacity.","author":"Twyla Tharp","tags":["dance","want","modern "],"id":10457,"author_id":"Twyla+Tharp"},{"text":"Schubert had arguably the same melodic gift as Mozart, but even less support. He didn't have the early exposure, never got to travel anywhere, and yet generated and amassed a body of work that grew and developed and is very profound.","author":"Twyla Tharp","tags":["work","support","gift "],"id":48151,"author_id":"Twyla+Tharp"},{"text":"Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.","author":"Twyla Tharp","tags":["change","death","life"],"id":62372,"author_id":"Twyla+Tharp"},{"text":"Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.","author":"Twyla Tharp","tags":["different","lessons","learned "],"id":92639,"author_id":"Twyla+Tharp"},{"text":"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.","author":"Twyla Tharp","tags":["creativity","inspiration"],"id":100868,"author_id":"Twyla+Tharp"},{"text":"This is the strange thing: Dancers don't age.","author":"Twyla Tharp","tags":["strange","dancers "],"id":105420,"author_id":"Twyla+Tharp"},{"text":"Reading is your first line of defense against an empty head.","author":"Twyla Tharp","tags":["reading"],"id":109067,"author_id":"Twyla+Tharp"},{"text":"When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.","author":"Twyla Tharp","tags":["inspirational-attitude"],"id":120932,"author_id":"Twyla+Tharp"},{"text":"I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place.","author":"Twyla Tharp","tags":["girl","help","dark "],"id":183424,"author_id":"Twyla+Tharp"},{"text":"I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.","author":"Twyla Tharp","tags":["dance","i can","handle "],"id":199120,"author_id":"Twyla+Tharp"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}