It is the element I miss in electronic music - no performance, no loving immersion. Maybe that is why I was never… — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. How can… — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
Personality is essential. It is in every work of art. When someone walks on stage for a performance and has charisma, everyone… — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts. — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own. — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work. — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original. — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius. — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions - the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered. — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
