Twyla Tharp Quotes

If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.

You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice.

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

To give a body and a perfect form to one's thought, this - and only this - is to be an artist.

Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.

Craft is part of the creative process.

I think there's something beautiful about the art of making art, and it just will live and breathe.

There's nothing more special than intellect and labour that makes painting work. There's no magic there; it's information, and it's work.

An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.

You're only kidding yourself if you put creativity before craft.

Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft.

Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it

Self-expression without craft is for toddlers.

Art doesn't spring from the muses alone, but from hard work.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

You become a great writer by writing.

God has given us an imagination, and our imagination is really the principle tool from which all creativity and artistry comes from.

Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist.

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

You have to make thousands and thousands of drawings before an illustration is perfected.

There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.