A Quote by Twyla Tharp

Creativity is an act of defiance.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
American - Dancer
Born: July 1, 1941

Street art, of course, is political, because it's illegal, so the very act of doing it is an act of defiance.

Shepard Fairey

I love fear, and fear breeds creativity. It forces you to react instinctively, which is the essence of movement. Movement is a creativity - a sense of an emotional movement. And the more instinctual you can make that, the more pleasurable it is. It's like an infant drawing. You're completely uninhibited because creativity is a wonderful expression. Good or bad, who cares? That's part of the past. The act of creativity is what's interesting.

Nicolas Winding Refn

Imagination is intervention, an act of defiance. It alters belief.

David Mura

Wearing a bow tie is a statement. Almost an act of defiance.

Rick Kaplan

When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance.

Steven Strogatz

Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God.

Max Lucado

To dream a garden and then to plant it is an act of independence and even defiance to the greater world.

Stanley Crawford

writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind.

Alice Childress

Well, there's been plenty of ultimatums, and one thing that we better be very clear is that we can't continue to have the kind of defiance of the United Nations, the defiance of the international community that we've had.

Condoleezza Rice

Women have to be extremely careful about choosing something that they consider an act of defiance that can really be used to further their enslavement.

Alice Walker

Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one's imagination - perhaps more importantly - creativity is the power to act.

Ai Weiwei

Defiance is beautiful. The defiance of power, especially great or overwhelming power, exalts and glorifies the rebel.

Edward Abbey

If you're going to make a desperate, hopeless act of defiance you should make it a good one.

Ann Leckie

I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it.

Siegfried Sassoon

There is no end in creativity. Hence, to strive towards an end result is a fool's errand. Set goals, make music and paint pictures, but know that the crux of your happiness balances delicately on the wings of the act of creativity itself. Not at the finish line.