To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius. — Lukas Foss Contradictory Copy Share Image
To me, Mozart is our Shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling music. He combined ideas that no… — Lukas Foss Dramatic 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 Doe 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 Adventurous Copy Share Image
There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One… — Lukas Foss Doe Copy Share Image
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 Art 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… — Lukas Foss Age Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts. — Lukas Foss Art Copy Share Image
The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how… — Lukas Foss Facts Copy Share Image
For years that may mean imitation. Then, one day, it is like a door opening, and a new thought comes in. Why… — Lukas Foss Almost 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… — Lukas Foss Analogies 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… — Lukas Foss Advice Copy Share Image
Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original. — Lukas Foss Art Copy Share Image
It is the element I miss in electronic music - no performance, no loving immersion. Maybe that is why I was never… — Lukas Foss Electronic Copy Share Image
The best way to investigate the elusive phenomenon called the creative process may well be to target all the misconceptions, to explain… — Lukas Foss Best way Copy Share Image
Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy. — Lukas Foss Doe Copy Share Image
Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist. — Lukas Foss Art 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 Accepting Copy Share Image
The creative act is like writing a letter. A letter is a project; you don't sit down to write a letter unless… — Lukas Foss Creative Copy Share Image
Why do we pigeonhole and label an artist? It is a sure way of missing the important, the contradictory, the things that… — Lukas Foss Art Copy Share Image
When I went back to visit my native Berlin after World War II, I noticed that the only thing I really remembered… — Lukas Foss Berlin Copy Share Image
It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions. The same applies to the… — Lukas Foss Art Copy Share Image
Mozart wrote so many works in his thirty-five years that it would take a lifetime just to write out the notes. We… — Lukas Foss Five years Copy Share Image
I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in… — Lukas Foss Art Copy Share Image
That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole,… — Lukas Foss Art 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 Art 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 Down and 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… — Lukas Foss Amadeus Copy Share Image
Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes,… — Lukas Foss Art 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… — Lukas Foss Bigs Copy Share Image
