Lukas Foss Quotes
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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.
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Anybody can put things together that belong together. to put things together that don't go together, and make it work, that takes genius like Mozart's. Yet he is presented in the play Amadeus as a kind of silly boy whom the gods loved.
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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.
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Any creator owes a debt to past creation.
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I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work.
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I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.
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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.