Twyla Tharp Quotes

The thing we don't want to do is overstate the benefits, but there is all kinds of proof that exercise, both physical and mental, increases brain activity.

I like to keep mobile. It keeps my mind awake.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

We need physical exercise to prepare our brain for long periods of concentration

A lot of us lead relatively sedentary lifestyles, so you have to motivate yourself and force yourself to go to the gym and do active things. The folks that have figured it out, found that thing that they love and made it a big part of their lives, it's easy for them to stay in shape.

It's to your advantage to work your brain as well as your body. The rest is up to fate.

Bike riding is great for your thinking. I can't say I've written an entire tune while cycling, but riding has definitely inspired songwriting ideas.

A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.

Maybe if we lie down our brains will work.

The only way you can hurt your body is if you don't use it

Walking has the best value as gymnastics of the mind.

Sometimes it's just enough to keep your body moving. I get depressed if I don't move.

Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.

I keep saying this about a mental state, but the more that I am physically active, the more that my mind is clear.

Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind.

The only way you can hurt the body is not use it.

Anybody can and should dance... It's good for the body and the spirit.

If you don't make time for exercise, you'll probably have to make time for illness.

Exercise invigorates the body and sharpens the mind.

I love action. I love to move my body. Any chance I have to do that in my youth, I'll definitely jump towards it, for sure.

Exercise of body and exercise of mind are supplementary, and both may be made recreative and educative.

I think growing up it was never an issue for me to think about working out or having a healthy lifestyle because I danced so much. Then when I stopped dancing and I got into regular life mode, I didn't realize how much diet and nutrition and being active was so important. Not only for my physical state, but for my mental state, too. I think that's just as important as working out for your physical state.

Even when I'm just sitting at my desk, I have to get up every twenty minutes or so and walk around, walk around, walk around, and then I can go back to the page. I can't just sit there for hours at a time. Language comes out of the body as much as the mind.

If you have a body, you are an athlete!