In creative endeavors luck is a skill.
Interpretation
Luck in creativity comes from preparation and effort.
Twyla Tharp's quote suggests that what is often perceived as luck in creative processes is actually cultivated through practice, hard work, and a keen understanding of one's craft. It emphasizes that successful creative outcomes rely on the skill and readiness of the artist rather than mere chance.
In practice
During a keynote speech on innovation, one might use this quote to emphasize the importance of preparation in successful creative ventures.
Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.
I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do.
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.
I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.
God will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already
Fire is the best of servants, but what a master!
I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.
I know everything I need to know already," Rigg always said... To which Father always replied,"See how ignorant you are? You don't even know why you need to know the things you don't know yet." "So tell me," said Rigg. "I would but you're too ignorant to understand the reasons why your ignorance is a fatal disease.
I would like to say, ladies and gentlemen, that you shouldn't be afraid of who you are. That's the first key idea. You shouldn't be afraid of who you are. You should NOT be afraid of who you are. It's very important for you to realize that.
If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.
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