Lukas Foss Quotes - Page 2

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• 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?

  Lukas Foss

  Pieces, Paper, Recipes

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• If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.

  Lukas Foss

  Doe, Use, Succeed

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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

  War, Shoes, Childhood

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• Composing is like making love to the future.

  Lukas Foss

  Making Love, Composing

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• Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been.

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  Creative, Age, Seven

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• Personality is essential. It is in every work of art. When someone walks on stage for a performance and has charisma, everyone is convinced that he has personality. I find that charisma is merely a form of showmanship. Movie stars usually have it. A politician has to have it.

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  Art, Stars, Personality

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• 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

  Wall, Block, Artist

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