Famous quote by Twyla Tharp

Mobile Desktop
I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort an
Like

"I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand"

- Twyla Tharp

About this Quote

Twyla Tharp's quote speaks with the breadth of her early education. At the age of four, she began official piano training, and after that went on to check out a range of other disciplines. She had little violas, and took dancing lessons of all kinds. She also had painting lessons, German lessons, and shorthand lessons. This quote talks to the significance of a well-rounded education, and the worth of checking out various disciplines. It likewise speaks with the importance of wanting knowing, and the determination to try new things. Twyla Tharp's quote is a testament to the power of a diverse education, and the importance of wanting learning.

About the Author

Twyla Tharp This quote is written / told by Twyla Tharp somewhere between July 1, 1941 and today. She was a famous Dancer from USA. The author also have 29 other quotes.

Go to author profile

Similar Quotes

Small: Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbour - Giotto di Bondone
Giotto di Bondone
"Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbour"
Giotto di Bondone, Artist
Small: Painting is just another way of keeping a diary - Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
Small: It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall its a painting, and if you can walk around it i
Tom Stoppard
"It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture"
Tom Stoppard, Dramatist
Small: Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality - Salvador Dali
"Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality"
Salvador Dali, Artist
Small: You dont need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame - Klaus Kinski
"You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame"
Klaus Kinski, Actor
Small: I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza - Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana
"I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza"
Robert Indiana, Artist
Small: If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting - Peter Shaffer
"If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting"
Peter Shaffer, Playwright
Small: Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course -
George Bernard Shaw
"Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
Small: Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum - Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
"Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Poet
Small: One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a de
Pablo Picasso
"One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail"
Pablo Picasso, Artist