I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in other words: how the artist made it his own. — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
Anybody can put things together that belong together. to put things together that don't go together, and make it work, that takes genius like Mozart's. Yet he is presented in the play Amadeus as a kind of silly boy whom… — 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
