Lukas Foss
Lukas Foss
Lukas Fosswas a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth15 August 1922
CountryGermany
artist play way
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.
artist thieves doe
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.
wall block artist
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.
thinking artist people
Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.
unique artist missing
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.
almost door german-composer mean spite suddenly
For years that may mean imitation. Then, one day, it is like a door opening, and a new thought comes in. Why not try this instead. Suddenly he is doing something original, almost in spite of himself.
making-love composing
Composing is like making love to the future.
succeed doe use
If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.
pieces paper recipes
As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. How can I say that my piece will be ready for performance next January when I do not have a recipe for making it happen?
new-work accepting notes
I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work.
art order emotion
I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.
writing years lifetime
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.
missing elements immersion
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.
advice over-you want
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.