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title: "2 Composing Quotes By Lukas Foss"
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> [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 been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/since-age-seven-i-ve-been-composing-and-have-never-stopped-composing/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/lukas-foss-18490_age_since-age-seven-i-ve-been-composing-and_241884.png)

> [Composing is like making love to the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/composing-is-like-making-love-to-the-future/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/lukas-foss-18490_composing_composing-is-like-making-love-to-the-fut_1048580.png)

## Other authors on Composing

## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/it-is-the-element-i-miss-in-electronic-music-no-performance-no-loving/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/that-is-why-the-analogy-of-stealing-does-not-work-with-a-thief-we/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/since-age-seven-i-ve-been-composing-and-have-never-stopped-composing/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

> [In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/in-the-nineteenth-century-the-more-grandiose-word-inspiration-began/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

> [If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/if-one-uses-music-that-one-does-not-really-love-then-one-will-not/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

> [I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/i-still-do-not-know-where-the-notes-will-come-from-when-i-accept-a/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

> [Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/yes-influences-are-enriching-and-they-can-be-found-in-every-work-of/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/boulez-s-only-concern-is-with-power-he-lost-the-leadership-of-the/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/my-students-frequently-ask-what-their-next-project-should-be-my/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/as-i-sit-down-and-start-to-work-i-often-panic-i-stare-at-the-empty/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

> [To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/to-understand-mozart-s-contradictory-qualities-would-indeed-be-to/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

> [To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions - the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/to-come-to-grips-with-creativity-i-must-ask-creative-adventurous/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

> [Composing is like making love to the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/composing-is-like-making-love-to-the-future/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

> [Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/most-people-think-an-artist-tries-to-be-original-but-originality-is/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/i-don-t-dare-postulate-about-science-but-i-know-that-it-takes-both/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

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