Artist Quotes by Lukas Foss

It is the element I miss in electronic music - no performance, no loving immersion. Maybe that is why I was never particularly drawn…

— Lukas Foss

That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he or she stole,…

— Lukas Foss

Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever…

— Lukas Foss

In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts.

— Lukas Foss

If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.

— Lukas Foss

I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work.

— Lukas Foss

Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original.

— Lukas Foss

Boulez's only concern is with power. He lost the leadership of the avant-guard more than ten years ago to Stockhausen. Now others have moved…

— Lukas Foss

My students frequently ask what their next project should be. My advice: immerse yourself in the music you love and you will find what…

— Lukas Foss

As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. How can I say…

— Lukas Foss

To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius.

— Lukas Foss

To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions - the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered.

— Lukas Foss

Composing is like making love to the future.

— Lukas Foss

Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.

— Lukas Foss

I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.

— Lukas Foss