#in

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

#religion #weight #wings

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. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#does #falling #falling in love #find #here

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

— Lukas Foss

#feel #feel good #good #great #great music

I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#art #both #dare #emotion #happen

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

#artists #beat #because #block #creative

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. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#ask #discover #find #frequently #immerse

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. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#been #composing #creative #creative process #elusive

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. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#best way #called #creative #creative process #elusive

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. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#creative #creative act #down #know #letter

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. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#classics #fact #how #influence #interesting