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Lukas Foss
Lukas Foss
German Composer
Born: Aug 15, 1922
Died: Feb 1, 2009
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Related authors: Felix Mendelssohn Johann Sebastian Bach Johannes Brahms Karlheinz Stockhausen Ludwig van Beethoven Richard Strauss Richard Wagner Robert Schumann
There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one's identity by falling in love. Lukas Foss
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The creative act is like writing a letter. A letter is a project; you don't sit down to write a letter unless you know what you want to say and to whom you want to say it. Lukas Foss
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Why do we pigeonhole and label an artist? It is a sure way of missing the important, the contradictory, the things that make him or her unique. Lukas Foss
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When I went back to visit my native Berlin after World War II, I noticed that the only thing I really remembered from my childhood Berlin days is the shoe store. Lukas Foss
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Truth is a big concept. Lukas Foss
Truth Truth Is Big Concept
To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius. Lukas Foss
Genius Indeed Would Qualities Understand Contradictory Mozart
To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions - the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered. Lukas Foss
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The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky. Lukas Foss
Bach Classics Fact He Major Major Influence Obvious How Influence Interesting Them Turned Used Stravinsky
The best way to investigate the elusive phenomenon called the creative process may well be to target all the misconceptions, to explain what the creative process is not. Lukas Foss
Best Creative Creative Process Elusive Way Best Way Misconceptions Investigate Well Target May Process Explain Phenomenon
That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it. Lukas Foss
Work Money Thief Analogy Took Stealing He Know Does How How Much How Much Money Did Stole Artist Want Much Whom Why
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
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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
Thirty-Five Out Would Write Take Lifetime He Know Wrote How His Years Did Just Literally Notes Mozart Many Works
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
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It is the element I miss in electronic music - no performance, no loving immersion. Maybe that is why I was never particularly drawn to electronic music. Lukas Foss
Music Drawn Never Miss Performance Particularly Maybe Loving Electronic Electronic Music Element Why
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
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In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts. Lukas Foss
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I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work. Lukas Foss
Work Will New Come Know Accept Still Commission Where Notes
Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy. Lukas Foss
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Any creator owes a debt to past creation. Lukas Foss
Past Owes Creation Debt Any Creator

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