As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. — Lukas Foss
Anybody can put things together that belong together. To put things together that don’t go together — Lukas Foss
I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work. — 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. — Lukas Foss
Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy. — Lukas Foss
For years that may mean imitation. Then, one day, it is like a door opening, and a new thought comes in. — Lukas Foss
In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts. — Lukas Foss
If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one’s own. — Lukas Foss
It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions — Lukas Foss
Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist. — Lukas Foss
To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions – the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered. — Lukas Foss
My students frequently ask what their next project should be. My advice: immerse yourself in the — Lukas Foss
Mozart wrote so many works in his thirty-five years that it would take a lifetime just to write out the notes. — Lukas Foss
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
To me, mozart is our shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling music. — Lukas Foss
There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. — Lukas Foss
Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original. — Lukas Foss