Truth implies meaning.

- Lukas Foss

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 …

- Lukas Foss

Any creator owes a debt to past creation.

- Lukas Foss

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'…

- Lukas Foss

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

Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.

- Lukas Foss

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 Stravins…

- Lukas Foss

Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.

- Lukas Foss

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…

- Lukas Foss