Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happ…

Twyla Tharp
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Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product. ✨ Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life, Simon and Schuster
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