Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it.
Twyla TharpI don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.
Twyla TharpIf art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.
Twyla TharpConfidence is a trait that has to be earned honestly and refreshed constantly; you have to work as hard to protect your skills as you did to develop them. . . The one thing that creative souls around the world have in common is that they all have to practice to maintain their skills. Art is a vast democracy of habit.
Twyla Tharp