Lukas Foss
Lukas Foss
Lukas Fosswas a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth15 August 1922
CountryGermany
war shoes childhood
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.
writing creative letters
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.
interesting facts influence
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.
ideas together dramatic
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.
quality genius contradictory
To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius.
truth-is bigs concepts
Truth is a big concept.
creative may way
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.
past debt creation
Any creator owes a debt to past creation.
falling-in-love interesting identity
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.
mean feel-good doe
Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.
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.
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.
thinking artist people
Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.
Truth implies meaning.