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 Read Quote
To me, Mozart is our Shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling music. He combined ideas that no one else would have thought of putting together. Lukas Foss Read Quote
I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work. Lukas Foss Read Quote
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 Read Quote
In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts. Lukas Foss Read Quote
It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions. The same applies to the arts. Lukas Foss Read Quote
Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes, it is because we are trying something at the wrong time. Lukas Foss Read Quote
Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist. Lukas Foss Read Quote
Mozart wrote so many works in his thirty-five years that it would take a lifetime just to write out the notes. We literally do not know how he did it. Lukas Foss Read Quote
My students frequently ask what their next project should be. My advice: immerse yourself in the music you love and you will find what you want to do; you will discover your next project. Lukas Foss Read Quote
