In the end all collaborations are love stories.
Interpretation
Collaborations are rooted in connection and mutual affection.
Twyla Tharp's quote emphasizes the idea that every collaborative effort, whether in art, business, or any field, is ultimately driven by relationships and the love for the work and the people involved. It suggests that at the core of successful collaborations lies a bond that goes beyond mere professional interaction, highlighting the intrinsic emotional ties that fuel creativity and teamwork.
In practice
During a team-building workshop, this quote can inspire participants to see their interactions in a new light.
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.
Only love, and not reason, yields kind thoughts.
It was wonderful love that Christ should rather die for us than for the angels that fell. They were creatures of a more noble extract, and in all probability might have brought greater revenues of glory to God; yet that Christ should pass by those golden vessels, and make us clods of earth into stars of glory -- Oh, the hyperbole of Christ's love!
Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love.
See no one loves you more than me...and no one ever will
O cold ! O shivery ! It was your ambrosial beauty. Forget, forgive. Kismet. Let me off this once.
I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs.
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